The ANCYL members gathered outside Luthuli House in the Johannesburg city centre on Wednesday morning vowing to defend the organisation from DA members who are planning to march to the governing party's headquarters in protest against Eskom's blackouts.
Some ANCYL members were seen armed with sjamboks as they stood guard outside their offices on Pixley Seme Street in the Joburg CBD.
ANCYL chanting outside Luthuli House ready to defend the ANC headquarters against the DA's electricity crisis march to Luthuli @SowetanLIVE pic.twitter.com/EaNmuioRD8
— Thuls 🇮🇹 (@ttmbele) January 25, 2023
Some members of the governing party came in buses from as far as Mpumalanga and were armed with placards that read “DA back off” and “This is ANC office not Eskom”.
Meanwhile, DA members gathered at the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown ahead of their march.
Dozens of DA members have gathered at the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newton ahead of their march to ANC headquarters at Luthuli House over load-shedding. @SowetanLIVE#DA pic.twitter.com/XWtV1ync5s
— MPHO KOKA (@MPHOKOKA1) January 25, 2023
By 11am the metro police had cordoned off about 200m of Pixley Seme St.
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