News24 reports that Toyota will on Monday close its Prospecton plant south of Durban – which only fully reopened late last year after suffering extensive damage in the devastating April floods in KwaZulu-Natal – because of the EFF's planned national shutdown.

In an internal memo dated 16 March, the company's HR department informed employees in Durban that a decision had been made to declare Monday "a non-production day" and close the plant for the day. "The decision has been made taking into consideration the safety of our employees and their families, the risk of disruption of our supply chain, the potential risk of absenteeism that could result from this national shutdown, and the need to make proactive arrangements that could help us recover lost production and employee income where possible," the communication to employees stated. The memo was leaked by EFF leader Julius Malema on Twitter. Monday's plant closure will be on a no work no pay basis. However, to recover losses, overtime will be worked on two Saturdays.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Carin Smith at News24

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