EFF pledges to ‘ensure nothing works’ at Brackenfell protest on Friday

Parents and EFF members clashed at Brackenfell High School last week.

• The EFF is planning a protest action at Brackenfell High School on Friday.
• They have promised to “make sure nothing works.”
• This follows clashes at the school over a private tuition party reportedly only attended by white students.

The EFF has vowed to “ensure that nothing works” as it plans to stage a protest action at Brackenfell High School on Friday amid backlash over a private tuition party that they reportedly only attended. white pupils.

A request by the school’s governing body (SGB) to intercept the EFF protests was postponed in Western Cape Superior Court on Monday because the case was not ready for hearing. It will now be heard on December 2, News24 previously reported.

“We said the terrorist attacks in Brackenfell will not go unanswered. On Friday we will go down and make sure nothing works,” EFF tweeted Tuesday morning.

“They have pressured us and must prepare to be pressured further.”

The protest is scheduled to take place at the school at 10:00.

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 known.

Clash between parents and EFF

This, after violence broke out in the streets of Cape Town’s northern suburb last Monday between parents and EFF supporters as protesters made their way to school.

After the school’s official tuition dance was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the private event was planned by a group of parents. The school was not involved in organizing or planning the party, SGB president Guillaume Smit told News24.

However, Smit and the governing body acknowledged the pain the event caused, 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.

In a letter to parents, the school announced that it would resume sensitivity and diversity training next year, after the program was disrupted by the Covid-19 shutdown.

Deep regret

The school also said it deeply regretted the pain caused by the clashes over the matrix match and subsequent hate speech on social media.

The school reiterated that it could not assume responsibility for an organized private function without the involvement of the school. They begged parents and people from within and outside the community to let the students write their final exams without assault or violence on the school premises.

Western Cape Education Department spokeswoman Kerry Mauchline told News24 that she was aware of the EFF’s intentions and was awaiting a response from the Education MEC, Debbie Schäfer. The answer will be added once received.

– Compiled by Riaan Grobler

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