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Two separate groups of protesters gathered outside the parliamentary compound to protest against gender-based violence and murders on farms.
A police vehicle is covered with banners during a protest against gender-based violence in front of Parliament in Cape Town on August 29, 2020. Image: Courtney Savage
CAPE TOWN – Eighteen people arrested during protests in Parliament over the weekend will appear in court on Monday.
Two separate groups of protesters gathered outside the parliamentary compound to protest against gender-based violence and murders on farms.
However, the demonstrations turned into chaos when the police intervened to disperse the crowd.
Jesse Brand, a protester, insists that the protest she helped organize was peaceful.
He claimed that the situation became tense when a group of motorcyclists arrived as part of a separate demonstration.
“One of the motorcyclists got into the barricade, broke it and the policemen took him off the bicycle and threw a fist and that was when the police opened fire and threw stun grenades.”
Brand said police acted when a bicyclist climbed onto a statue to hang a flag.
Police have also been accused of being clumsy when a group of protesting restaurant workers tried to march on Parliament several weeks ago.
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