South African protesters call for president to resign

Economic Freedom Fighters members protest in Tsakane township, east of Johannesburg, calling for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign (Themba Hadebe/AP)

South African police are monitoring protests by the country’s leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party, which is demanding the resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The party urged all South Africans to participate in a national shutdown but there was a limited response in most of the country’s major cities.