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A commander of the public order police earlier asked protesters to refrain from throwing objects at officers.
EFF members gather at Brackenfell High School ahead of their anti-racism rally on November 20, 2020. Image: Zukile Daniel
CAPE TOWN – There has been more conflict at an Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) march at Brackenfell High School.
The police have repeatedly used stun grenades, tear gas and water cannons.
Previously, the authorities dispersed the group that had gathered too early.
They were only granted permission to meet after noon and were limited to 100 participants.
Recently, it appeared that 500 people were allowed to gather and march through a police perimeter.
The protest came after news broke of a matrix function supposedly only inviting white students.
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EFF supporters had gathered a block from the school gates where leaders were still expected to address them from an EFF-brand truck.
Barbed wire separated groups of followers.
A commander of the public order police earlier asked protesters to refrain from throwing objects at officers.
EFF’s Vuyani Pambo said earlier that the police would not dictate how many party supporters could join the protest.
POLICE ACCUSED OF USING EXCESSIVE FORCE
Meanwhile, the EFF leaders leading the protest said that the police were using disproportionate force against their members.
Authorities initially said that only 100 protesters would be allowed to proceed under the terms of Friday’s march, but that number was changed to 400.
One protester said Newzoom Afrika agents were being tough.
“What the police are doing is unfair. It is very unfair because this march is peaceful and they want to destroy it. We cannot accept that and we want the country to know that this area does not want to accept the transformation, ”he said.
EFF Provincial President Melikhaya Xego said: “We are very happy that everyone has responded, including other provinces and the international world, to see what is happening in the Western Cape. As long as the EFF is here in the Western Cape, [racism] will never happen.”
At the same time, the Western Cape Department of Education accused members of the Red Berets of intimidating the school’s pupils.
The department’s Kerry Mauchline said the eighth and eleventh grade exams had to be rescheduled.
“The students are scared and I think this situation is so horrible that all that is happening in the end is that the students are scared and intimidated. And it’s very worrying that a political party wants to score points basically by intimidating and scaring children, ”Mauchline said.
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