EFF to return to Brackenfell High today to protest racial profiling

CAPE TOWN – Brackenfell High School will once again be the scene of a protest when supporters of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) return to school on Friday to demonstrate against alleged racial profiling.

Last week, some angry community members violently expelled a group of party supporters from the school.

Earlier this week, the Positive Action Campaign (PAC) tried to jump on the bandwagon of leading its own protest.

But the police entered and dispersed the protesters by force.

Violent clashes between EFF supporters and some Brackenfell residents, some of them parents of students at the school, have set off a chain of events.

Former students have spoken out against racial discrimination at school.

Party leader Julius Malema tweeted: “Wait until we reply, all fools will have an opinion.”

EFF spokesman Vuyani Pambo stressed that the party was exercising its right to protest: “We will make sure that what happened last week does not happen again.”

Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schafer called for calm during the demonstration.

An offer from the Brackenfell High School SGB Superior Court to prevent the EFF from protesting in front of or near the school is expected to resume on December 2.

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The Human Rights Commission will be watching the EFF protest outside Brackenfell High School.

Andre Gaum of the commission said the organization was still investigating.

He added that the EFF demonstration was legal but that the rights of the students should be respected.

“The right to protest peacefully without arms is protected by article 17 of the Constitution. However, this right cannot be exercised in a way that infringes other human rights in the Bill of Rights of our Constitution, including the right to basic education. “

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