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By Nicola Daniels 
1 hour ago
Cape Town – The EFF says it is prepared to meet with the city in a municipal property damage court following the party’s latest rally in Brackenfell.
In response to the city’s intentions to take civil action, EFF Western Cape President Melikhaya Xego said they will not pay for anything.
“The City is very insensitive to the situation. They are inconsiderate because we requested the march in the first place, our request was approved and granted. The first day we marched, people wrecked our cars.
” The people who attacked us did not request a limit (to their meeting), but nothing happened to them. The PAC marched without a request and was brutalized by the police. The Cape Party marched without permission.
“This is what we expected from the City. They are racists, we are going to meet in court, we don’t pay anything ”.
The EFF has protested twice this month at Brackenfell High School, against alleged racism, after reports of a white-only matrix masquerade circulated last month in a viral video on social media.
The city said it was determining the cost of the damage, with preliminary reports indicating a fire truck was set on fire, roads and traffic lights damaged and a field burned.
He also alleged that the windows of a car dealership were smashed and private vehicles damaged due to stoning, and several stores looted, according to reports.
“The City notes the violation of national lockdown regulations, energetic attempts to violate SAPS conditions imposed on the number of protesters, and violation of the EFF’s own non-violence commitment to the police and the Western Cape Superior Court.” Said the city.
Meanwhile, the Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation called out the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) for “failing to unequivocally condemn the divisive role at Brackenfell High.”
“Neither the province’s Department of Education nor the school have moved to unequivocally condemn the dividing function. Neither seems to recognize the polarities in our society, nor feel any responsibility to fix them.
“Since the first violent protest at Brackenfell High School, in response to a supposedly white-only matrix role, no leader has stepped up to handle the crisis.
“To recognize the systemic issues that they embody,” the foundation said in a statement.
WCED has stood firm, saying it would only condemn the event if the facts change.
“All the data available to us is that people were not excluded from the event because of their race and that it was a private event that took place outside the school premises.
“If this changes, we will certainly condemn it,” said department spokesman Bronagh Hammond.
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