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20 Nov 2020
Here's a brief rundown of the day:
Just after 10:00 this morning police fired stun grenades and water cannons at EFF supporters as they marched up a road headed toward Brackenfell High School.
Just before 11:30, the EFF's secretary general Marshall Dlamini arrived, flanked by spokesperson Vuyani Pambo.
The bone of contention at this stage was due to the number [of protesters] exceeding the agreed upon number of 100 participants.
Said Pambo: "It's a protest. Where have you seen where people are protesting they are being told 'no, only 100'. There's no such thing. It's a protest."
Guillaume Smit, chairperson of the School Governing Body (SGB) told News24 matric pupils wrote their Physical Science paper in peace amid fears the vital final would be disrupted.
By 16:00 the EFF's supporters waited at pick up points around Brackenfell for their transport home. Police wound the barbed wire back in again, and armoured vehicles trundled back to their depot.
A block away from the school, ducks waddled across the road and a woman watered her garden, in contrast to the angry scenes nearby earlier.
- Reports by Tammy Petersen and Jenni Evans at Brackenfell on Friday.
![<p>Here's a brief rundown of the day:</p><p><span style="font-size:0.75em;"></span>Just after 10:00 this morning police fired stun grenades and water cannons at EFF supporters as they marched up a road headed toward Brackenfell High School.<span style="font-size:0.75em;"></span><br /></p><p>Just before <strong>11:30</strong>, the EFF's secretary general <strong>Marshall Dlamini</strong> arrived, flanked by spokesperson <strong>Vuyani Pambo</strong>. </p><p>The bone of contention at this stage was due to the number [of protesters] exceeding the agreed upon number of 100 participants.</p><p>Said Pambo: "It's a protest. Where have you seen where people are protesting they are being told 'no, only 100'. There's no such thing. It's a protest."</p><p><strong>Guillaume Smit</strong>, chairperson of the School Governing Body (SGB) told News24 matric pupils wrote their Physical Science paper in peace amid fears the vital final would be disrupted.</p><p>By <strong>16:00</strong> the EFF's supporters waited at pick up points around Brackenfell for their transport home. Police wound the barbed wire back in again, and armoured vehicles trundled back to their depot. </p><p>A block away from the school, ducks waddled across the road and a woman watered her garden, in contrast to the angry scenes nearby earlier.</p><p>- <em>Reports by Tammy Petersen and Jenni Evans </em>at Brackenfell on Friday.</p>](https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/10692/e4d488a354e24b9eae75d6764f3d986d.jpg)
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Despite clashes between police and EFF members during a protest outside Brackenfell High School in Cape Town on Friday, chairperson of the SGB, Guillaume Smit said that matrics proceeded to write their exams in peace.
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EFF SG Marshall Dlamini and spokesperson Vuyani Pambo approached police outside Brackenfell High School on Friday. Dlamini asked that the group be allowed to move forward under police watch. Police said only 100 protesters will be allowed.
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Police fired stun grenades and teargas, to disperse a large group of EFF supporters during their protest at Brackenfell High school in Cape Town on Friday. The EFF had been granted permission by the City of Cape Town for 100 members to protest outside the school.
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As the EFF continued to negotiate passage with police, EFF spokesperson Vuyani Pambo spoke to News24 and other media.
Pambo said: "We are simply saying, we are all going to march, all of us to the school there. That is what we are going to do.
"No one is going to stop us. We are going to go there nicely, peacefully. Anyone who comes at us we will go at them.
"It's a protest. Where have you seen where people are protesting they are being told 'no, only 100'. There's no such thing. It's a protest - let's get it right.
"As such, it cannot be regulated like a gathering of a party or people drinking. "No, it's a protest that comes from a grievance.
"Those things of only 100 (protesters) you will only hear from them. We are protesting. And a protest can't be told by those we are protesting against, how to protest.
"They can't klap us and tell us we must smile now. We are not going to smile. We are going to return the klap."
Police on the scene had previously maintained that only 100 protesters would be allowed based on the agreement by the City of Cape Town.
(Photo: @EFFSouthAfrica, Twitter)
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11:20 Update:
EFF supporters have regrouped next to the Brackenfell library, their numbers swelling in the heat.
Estimates put the regroup at about 300 to 400.
The EFF's Marshall Dlamini has arrived and is negotiating passage with police to handover a memorandum to the school.
The group is being held by a heavy police line between two shopping centres on the other side of the main carriageway that turns off to the school.
It has been reported by eNCA that the reason for the use of force by police was due to the number exceeding the agreed upon number of 100 participants.
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Police asked a group of residents and members of the Cape Party, who had gathered outside Brackenfell High School on Friday morning to disperse. This as only the EFF had been granted permission by the City of Cape Town for 100 members to protest outside the school.
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Brackenfell residents, police as well as members of the Cape Party gathered outside Brackenfell High school in Cape Town on Friday, ahead of the EFF's arrival. The party was granted permission to protest outside the school.
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Police fired stun grenades and water cannons at EFF supporters as they marched up a road headed toward Brackenfell High School.
According to eNCA, hundreds of EFF protesters arrived in the area via bus and marched up one of the roads headed toward the school.
Police then fired stun grenades, water cannons and teargas to disperse the party supporters.
News24's Jenni Evans is now on the scene. Police have regrouped and are asking all bystanders to move from the area.
