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We condemn in the strongest terms the ongoing threatening attempts by the EFF to bend society to its will by interfering where it has absolutely no business to be. #BrackenfellHigh https://www.da.org.za/2020/11/da-condemns-eff-threats-at-brackenfell-high
The background to the matter is this: #BrackenfellHigh like many other schools across South Africa, cancelled its matric dance due to Covid-19 restrictions.
As a result matric learners countrywide organised private parties among their friendship circle as a substitute for a matric farewell. The Western Cape Education Department strongly encouraged such private functions to observe the Covid-19 regulatory environment. #BrackenfellHigh
One such party was organised by a group of 42 learners and their parents from Brackenfell High School out of a matric class of 254.
This party had absolutely nothing to do with the school. It was fully funded and organised by the parents and pupils involved. #BrackenfellHigh
This party had absolutely nothing to do with the school. It was fully funded and organised by the parents and pupils involved. #BrackenfellHigh
Private events have absolutely nothing to do with any political party, and it was an outrage that the EFF believed they could arrive to protest outside the school and threaten parents and learners during the matric exam period (or at any other time). #BrackenfellHigh
It is also unfortunate that some community members responded in kind. Violent confrontations will do nothing to advance rational analysis, which is more needed in South Africa today than ever before. #BrackenfellHigh
If we are to prevent people taking the law into their own hands, the Police must do their job properly. It was the job of SAPS to prevent and disperse the EFF unlawfully gathering outside a school and seeking to infringe on the rights of private citizens. #BrackenfellHigh
The Nazi’s had the brown shirts that went around terrorising minorities. South Africa has the red shirts. #BrackenfellHigh
