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AfriForum will be consulting with their legal team tomorrow morning to bring an application against the SAPS in court. This follows after the violent protest by members of the EFF and a small group of students at the Elsenburg Agricultural College. During the protest non-protesting students were assaulted with whips.

“The Police were at the scene, but failed to enforce law and order. Nothing was done to protect the campus or non-protesting students. By merely standing by and watching violent riots escalate and continue, the SAPS is allowing anarchy to reign on campus,” says Ian Cameron, Head of Community Safety for AfriForum.

“Elsenburg’s security and the SAPS are not even competent to stop and control a small group of protesters. Should the SAPS again fail to act, we will approach AfriForum’s safety structures to protect the campus and the students. The SAPS’s incompetence is once again proof that communities have to take action themselves.”

Cameron further says that the silence of Mr Marius Paulse, Head of the College, is an indication that he supports the ideals of the EFF.

Issued by AfriForum