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- The Brackenfell High School SGB will have to wait until December to argue the merits of limiting the EFF’s right to protest near the school grounds.
- An urgent request to intercept the EFF protests was not granted last week, and the full case will only be argued in two weeks.
- The parties will return to court on December 2.
An injunction request filed by the Brackenfell High School Board of Trustees (SGB) against the EFF protests was postponed in Western Cape Superior Court Monday because the case was not ready for hearing.
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It will now be heard on December 2.
Last Tuesday, Judge Siraj Desai refused to grant the SGB an urgent injunction after the Red Berets pledged not to disrupt school activities before the full case was heard.
This, after violence broke out on the streets of Cape Town’s northern suburb last Monday between parents and EFF supporters as party members headed to the school to stage a protest, following a private tuition party at the one that supposedly only white students attended.
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The school’s official tuition dance was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The event had been planned by a group of parents and the school had not been involved in organizing or planning the party, SGB President Guillaume Smit told News24.
However, Smit and the governing body acknowledged the pain caused by the event following accusations of racism and exclusion.
In last week’s protest, the EFF demanded that two teachers who attended the party be suspended from school.
The SGB requested an injunction to prevent the party from protesting against racism on the roads surrounding the school.
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