Julius says he won’t be eating curry with the Guptas, but it appears it is his threat of ‘dealing with’ the family that have caused them to feel the fear.

Armed guards have now been sent to the Gupta estate in Saxonwold, Malema and a large contingent of EFF supporters marching to Constitution Hill this morning. They won’t have it all their own way though, the ANC Youth League promising to defend JZ with their own march.

Here’s TimesLive:

…a guard in the street alongside the Gupta estate said Malema’s threats last week to “deal with” the Gupta family and its business interests were taken seriously. “My brother, our bosses are very updated with security. As you can see, it is beefed up. They don’t take the EFF threats lightly.”

Perhaps a more immediate threat is that of violence between the ANCYL and the EFF, something the police are aware of:

Johannesburg Metro Police Department spokesman EdnaMamonyane said the department would try to keep the ANCYL march separate from that of the EFF but could not confirm whether the ANCYL had been granted permission to march along the same route as the EFF.

“We have enough manpower to deal with issues when it comes to the march because when we give permission [to march] we put the operational planning in place,” said Mamonyane.

SA Police Service spokesman in Gauteng Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said enough police officers would be dispatched to the march.

Traffic will be controlled by the metro police working with the SAPS and Gauteng traffic police…

EFF spokesman Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said his party members would defend themselves should anyone try to interfere with or disrupt the march.

You don’t want to be the pessimistic type here, but this really could be one of those days that we as a nation look back on in years to come and shake our heads.

[source:timeslive]