Lawyers representing 65 people charged in connection with the civil unrest in parts of South Africa in 2021, are disappointed that the Durban Magistrate's Court postponed the case again, instead of withdrawing it provisionally.
As South African's gear up for the national shutdown by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Monday, may small businesses in Midrand Gauteng are caught in-between closing shop and risking a day without making money or operating amidst protest with no guarantee of how it will turn out.
Security and policing expert Johan Burger said the country’s security authorities are better prepared to handle a mass protest such as the EFF-led national shutdown.