National shutdown: Businesses to defy EFF

Companies will be open but are taking extra precautions ahead of tomorrow's 'national shutdown'

19 March 2023 - 00:03 By Khulekani Magubane and Thabiso Mochiko

Big business plans to defy  the EFF’s  call for a “national shutdown” tomorrow, though retailers, shopping malls and key economic hubs such as airports and ports have beefed up security...

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