MOGOMOTSI MOGODIRI WHILST reflecting on the impact of the EFF “national shutdown”, my attention was drawn to a media statement on the use of the army to suppress legitimate protests in eSwatini released by the ANC in 2021. In it, the ANC emphatically scolded the eSwatini junta by stating, in part, that “the use of… Continue reading The Panic And Paranoia Could Only Expose Government’s Shortcomings And Propensity For Heavy-Handedness And Militarisation
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State security questioned over ‘wrong shutdown intelligence’
EFF leader Julius Malema has questioned the strength of the South African intelligence community following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s deployment of the army for a month. Ramaphosa deployed the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in the wake of reports that the EFF’s national shutdown might result in anarchy characterised by looting, vandalism, and loss of… Continue reading State security questioned over ‘wrong shutdown intelligence’