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Richards Bay is one of the economic hubs targeted by the EFF in KwaZulu-Natal during their national shutdown.

While police and other law enforcement officers were out in their numbers performing proactive crime prevention duties in hotspot areas in central, they succeeded in confiscating drugs in Clyde Street. It is alleged that on Sunday afternoon, 19 March 2023, K9 members and metro police were monitoring possible disruptive incidents when they found 964 mandrax

Hundreds of protesters marched in Buffalo City Metro as part of the EFF-led national shutdown on Monday.

A 27-year-old man drowned on Saturday after slipping into the water following his baptism ritual in the Groot Letaba River in Nwamarhanga, Limpopo.

Police minister Bheki Cele has urged law enforcement officers to enforce the law but withstanding provocation after Julius Malema’s “war statement” ahead of Monday’s national shutdown.

National police commissioner Gen Fanie Masemola has assured passengers boarding and disembarking flights at OR Tambo international airport in Johannesburg of their safety during the national shutdown on Monday.

Integrated law enforcement agencies in the Western Cape are on high alert, and tactical deployments are in place, ready for the EFF's planned national shutdown on Monday.

But deputy national police commissioner Lt-Gen Tebello Mosikili insists: 'To say there will be a national shutdown is misleading'

Police commissioner Lieutenant General Fannie Masemola does not have security clearance and has been working without it for the last four years.

Police Minister Bheki Cele and national police commissioner General Fannie Masemola will visit KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday to assess the province's readiness for the EFF's national shutdown on Monday.