EFF is nursing pricey hangover after its occupation of Port Elizabeth liquor store
The EFF has been dealt a sobering legal blow.The party’s decision to "occupy" a Port Elizabeth liquor store over claims that the store advertised false promotional prices and abused staff has left the party with a legal bill. In August, the high court in Port Elizabeth interdicted the EFF from protesting and disrupting Prestons Liquor Store in the suburb of Walmer after the party brought the store to a standstill in April.The liquor store took the court route following heated e-mail exchanges with the party. The EFF demanded to meet the store’s management after the party in Nelson Mandela Bay had received "reports regarding exploitation of workers at the Prestons Walmer store‚ as well as complaints regarding alleged misleading promotional prices". Things went downhill when the store said it would investigate the matter with the staff’s trade union and that the party — as a political association — could not be involved. The party’s Khanya Ngqisha fired off an e-mail to the store expr...
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