THE countrywide shutdown spearheaded by the EFF on March 20 was widely viewed with apprehension, not only for its economic consequences but because it fuelled fears of a recurrence of the mayhem of July 2021.
The State Security cluster provided assurances that their planning would ensure that law and order was maintained and, amid police deployment, backed by a display of private security might, the shutdown proceeded without major incidents.
In this instance, the SAPS did what was constitutionally required of it,
