Elmien du Plessis | Do we need a state of emergency for the

MARCO LONGARI / AFP
South Africans still remember the 1980s and the states of emergency declared with horror, where states of emergency were used to stifle opposition against the laws and policies of the apartheid government, writes North-West University associate professor of law
Elmien du Plessis. 
On Monday, with the deployment of troops, and the president announcing that he will address the nation, many people wondered whether he was going to declare a state of emergency.
He didn't. 
Prominent lawyers, such as Vusi Pikoli and Dumisa Ntsebeza, supported the declaration of a state of emergency, with the beer industry, AgriSA and the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa following suit. 

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