Judge Eben Jordaan granted the order in the High Court in Pretoria. The EFF did not oppose the application. Dirk Hermann, a trustee of the Solidarity Movement Trust, said in court papers the EFF’s actions would result in irreparable harm to race relations and national cohesion and would permanently polarise South African cultures and groups.
He said it was in the public interest that the EFF’s incitement was stopped to enable a national and constructive dialogue on the issues of our collective history, race and the place of heritage monuments and statues.
He added that the EFF’s actions further aggravated racial tension, which was contrary to the spirit of the Constitution.
The EFF has admitted liability for the defacement of the Anglo Boer War statue in Uitenhage, the Paul Kruger and Burgers statue on Church Square in Pretoria and the Louis Botha statue in front of parliament.
Bo Madwara, the EFF’s deputy chairperson for the Nelson Mandela Bay region, earlier stated that the EFF would seek to destroy all colonial monuments.
