Protesters demand South African President Ramaphosa step down.
Protesters demand South African President Ramaphosa step down. With economic wars escalating
across Africa, opposition parties in many countries, from South Africa in the
north to Tunisia, are facing popular discontent. And even the protests in
Senegal and Kenya are being seen in many African countries in South Africa. One
of the main opposition parties, one of the fighters for economic freedom, has
called for a national shutdown in the country.
Protests called by the opposition have once
again drawn thousands of people South Africa's third largest party has called
for demonstrations against the ruling blackout. Other parties have joined the
national shutdown in protest against rising unemployment and recent corruption
scandals.
Protest
by the people of Pretoria:
People have taken to the streets in
Pretoria. During the last 12 hours, more than 80 people have been arrested
across the country. The opposition party is demanding the resignation of
President Cyril Semaphore. Meanwhile, the government has warned that any form
of lawlessness and violence will not be tolerated. Unrest will be tolerated and
chaos will not be allowed.
We will not allow those spreading anarchy
in South Africa to do this. Whatever they do here in South Africa we are a
constitutional democracy, about 3000 soldiers have been deployed along with
police crime intelligence, and private security to prevent the protests from
turning violent but in Dada in Johannesburg the security forces of the
protesters There was a clash. will be seen.
According to reports, some protesters have
been arrested. The High Court has not ruled the bandh illegal but has said the
FF and its members are prohibited from closing schools, shops, or businesses.
The court further said that traffic cannot be stopped on an unofficial road or
traffic. We are not asking for permission, we are giving them information so
that they get confused with non-organic alternative ways to get permission.
Government protests are being seen in
Kenya, Senegal, and Tunisia. People are expressing dissatisfaction with the high
cost of living in Tunisia. Tensions are rising in Senegal over a politically
charged child who could disqualify the opposition leader from standing as a
candidate in the 2024 elections. As Kenya's two opposition leaders shook their
heads in protest over the government's refusal to allow an audit of the
Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission service for possible corruption,
Kenya's president urged the opposition leader to "remove foreign
obstruction". create Don't, you are not enough, you cannot blackmail the
country and we have no problem with organized protests.
But please, it is your responsibility to
work with the police to ensure that other Kenyans' lives are not disrupted,
their property is not destroyed, and their businesses are not affected, and that
can go to Can demonstrate but the demonstrations have changed.
Tires were set on fire and many people were
arrested in some of Nairobi's most liberal areas. At least one protest site and
right-wing police tear-gassed protesters. But the protesters were determined to
continue the rally. Note that we have a date of March 20, 2023.
As
fate would have it in Europe that day, our supporters across the country
translated a massive procession into Nairobi into a legitimate and
intergovernmental act of gratitude. And start taking more action on the story's
lessons as our correspondent Walden Ohm joins us live.
Pretoria, tell them what explains the fury
of anger we are seeing on the streets of these African countries, especially
South Africa, and why the people of this city are so angry that South Africans
are fed up. This is a point that even South Africans are tired of.
They are fed up with the high crime rate
and unemployment rate, but they are also fed up with the increase. Load
shedding has devastated the country. Now remember that South Africa has been
facing a power crisis for the past few years, but only last year and only this
year has the situation worsened.
People do not have electricity for 10 to 12
hours a day and the economy of a country has lost billions and billions. The
citizens of Rind are fed up. This is not the first protest the country has seen
over the construction of a national dam. Many civilizations and opposition
parties have staged such protests, but today's protest has been initiated by
economic freedom activists. They are in third place.
Opposition parties in South Africa are
notorious for the mass exodus. When it comes to such demonstrations before, you may
have seen them gather in Church Square with more than 5000 FF supporters as
well as other political parties and cultures.
They are marching in Pretoria where FF
president Julius Mêlée addressed the crowd. In the streets of Pretoria where I
marched and then they will be making their way through the redoing of the Union
Buildings where various leaders of opposition parties and civilizations will be
addressing the people of Tunisian men Ma and his address we Telling people
again. Know that South Africa is ice, you will stand up to the government and
say.
Similar
protests have also started in Johannesburg:
A president who cannot handle the
responsibility of the country should leave his post, and give a chance to someone
who can really take the country forward in terms of economy. You will see in
South Africa in terms of the economy what South Africa is going through the
President of FEM as we speak today, there are other parts of the country where
we saw similar protests in Johannesburg last night. Johannesburg police have
been updated this morning that students are protesting in the streets. About 80
people are said to have been arrested.
They've been patrolling the area since last
night, there are a lot of boots on the ground, and we've seen a police presence.
The military presence of helicopters affected everything as he declared the
protest a national shutdown. Let's go with the dice.
Most businesses are indeed closed, even gas
filling stations, in what was a repeat of the July looting in 2021, but so far the
protests have been peaceful, with protesters marching through the streets
accompanied only by police. There is a large number. The police presence is
with opposition parties and civil society leaders who are protesting on the
street. Absolutely Kelvin thanks for bringing us all those details.
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