South Africa could face a national shutdown on Friday, 10 June 2022, in protest of high fuel prices in the country, according to a report from Fidelity Security seen by MyBroadband. 

The report revealed the major players that could be involved in the shutdown, including: 

 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) 

 The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) 

 The National Taxi Alliance (NTA) 

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) 

The EFF has been the only organisation to announce its support for the shutdown vocally, with the taxi associations` releasing contradictory statements regarding their involvement. 

Their statements have ranged from providing full support in KwaZulu-Natal and trying to get Cosatu involved, to a complete denial of support, to having not decided on the matter.

Cosatu itself has now no longer formally indicated its guide for the shutdown. Still, it's been vocal in its requires an extension of the gas levy discount and to discover a long time answer for the issue.

However, consistent with a News24 report, Cosatu and Santaco have now distanced themselves from the country wide shutdown.

According to the Fidelity report, the dangers posed with the aid of using the country wide shutdown encompass gradual motorcades, the barricading of roads, and marches.

Additionally, it warned of public transport disruptions, property damage, and that businesses may experience staff absenteeism or late arrivals.

Fidelity said no locations have been confirmed yet but warned of several potential hotspots across the country.

These possible hotspots are numerous and include Department of Mineral Resources and Energy offices are the country, the head offices of petroleum companies, National Treasury, the Union Buildings, and petrol stations.

It also warned of potential disruptions along major regional and national routes.

MyBroadband contacted Fidelity for comment on the report, but it had not responded by the time of publication.