Businesses were closed in South Africa on Monday as thousands took to the streets for a protest, called by the Economic Freedom Fighters party, against a lack of jobs and the worst power outages on record. Rachel Faber has more.
STORY: Thousands of protesters marched through South Africa's cities on Monday.
They're calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign over a lack of jobs and electricity.
"We want our electricity back. We want our jobs back. We want our South Africa back."
A third of South Africans are currently out of work.
At the same time, state utility company Eskom is implementing the worst blackouts on record, known locally as load-shedding, leaving households in the dark for up to 10 hours a day.
Analysts expect the ruling African National Congress to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time in three decades, in national elections next year.
The protest was called by South Africa's Marxist Economic Freedom Fighters.
This is their leader, Julius Malema.
"We are here to demand the end of load-shedding, to demand Ramaphosa to step down, and if he doesn't want to step down we will force him to step down."
The EFF, whose supporters are mainly poor Black South Africans, had called for a national shutdown.
It was successful to the extent that many businesses were closed on Monday and workers stayed away due to a lack of transport.
The ANC said in a statement it was "fully committed to doing what the people of South Africa expect, demand, and deserve," but that the EFF protest was "extremist and regressive."