EFF leader Julius Malema pressed the South African Police Service over a R368 million bill said to cover policing for the EFF's one-day national shutdown on 20 March 2023, reports Cape town Etc .
The figure emerged when SAPS chief financial officer Lieutenant-General Puleng Dimpane set out the cost of several major operations during testimony to Parliament 's Ad Hoc Committee on 25 November 2025.
She said the amount reflected the resources used to deploy officers during the shutdown.