EFF joins shutdown riots following SANDF deployment

Malema has deployed EFF 'fighters' to join pro-Zuma supporters in the shutdown riots.

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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have remained on the sidelines of the shutdown riots that broke out this past weekend, until now.

Julius Malema deploys EFF to join SA shutdown

Party leader Julius Malema posted a tweet moments after sightings of armed soldiers taking up position in various parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) were made, commissioning his ‘fighters’ to join the SA shutdown.

“We need a political solution to a political problem, not soldiers,” he warned.

SANDF deployment is for ‘assistance’ – Ministry says

The deployment of the army comes as riots continue to spread out in Gauteng and KZN. In a statement, the Ministry of Defence confirmed that the decision to send in soldiers was made after a request for assistance was made by the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS)

“The duration and number of deploying soldiers will be determined based on the assessment of the situation on the ground by the relevant law enforcement agencies. Furthermore, it must be emphasised that the SANDF’s deployment objective is to provide safety and a safe working environment for members of the SAPS and other law enforcement agencies whilst they carry out their constitutionally mandated law and order duties,” the Defence ministry noted

These were the sightings of the army that were recorded by eyewitnesses at the time this article was published.