{"id":91893,"date":"2025-10-22T16:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/stun-grenades-used-against-eff-protest-at-milnerton-high"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:28:49","slug":"stun-grenades-used-against-eff-protest-at-milnerton-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/stun-grenades-used-against-eff-protest-at-milnerton-high","title":{"rendered":"Stun Grenades Used Against EFF Protest at Milnerton High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Public Order Police (POP) used stun grenades to disperse a group of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Youth Command protesters from Milnerton High School following the assault of a Grade 10 learner by a group of older boys at the school.<\/p>\n<p>Concerned parents were seen escorting their children home after approximately 50 members of the EFF Youth Command gathered outside the school to demonstrate.<\/p>\n<p>Precautionary suspension letters have been issued to eight Grade 11 learners allegedly involved in the assault.<\/p>\n<p>EFF Youth Command Convenor Simankeli Mtheli said the protesters gathered at the school in solidarity with the victims of the assault and to demand accountability from the school&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are here to call on the management and the principal to answer for their lack of response and also ask what has happened to the teachers whom the incident was reported to,&#8221; Mtheli stated.<\/p>\n<p>Mtheli added that the incident was reported on Friday last week, but the school only took action after a video of the incident went viral on social media platforms on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) indicated that an internal investigation into the matter is still underway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Public Order Police (POP) used stun grenades to disperse a group of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Youth Command protesters from Milnerton High School following the assault of a Grade 10 learner by a group of older boys at the school. 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