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Home » Crime » Stellenbosch protesters are determined to ‘unsettle white privilege’ [video]

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Stellenbosch protesters are determined to ‘unsettle white privilege’ [video]

#Stellenbosch is a ticking timebomb that will most likely erupt into chaos if Kayamandi protesters make it into the town's CBD.

Andile Sicetsha by Andile Sicetsha
Oct 27, 2020
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Stellenbosch has been a ghost town tinkering on the verge of anarchy, as only a few kilometres away, in Kayamandi, police have thus far prevented protesters from entering the town’s business district.

Watch: Police clash with Kayamandi settlers

According to reports from Times Live reporter Aron Hyman, a group of protesters claiming to be from a movement called ‘Jozi to Stellenbosch’ descended into the Boland township on Wednesday morning to cause unrest.

Led by a man only known as Mangaliso Sambo, the protesters planned to embark on the protest, departing from Kayamandi.

However, they were met by resistance from public order police who have been engaged in a full-front confrontation with the group since Wednesday morning.

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Police told protesters to disperse as they were in contravention of lockdown regulations which prohibits protests. The group refused and stun grenades were used to disperse them. At least four were arrested. @TimesLIVE pic.twitter.com/u4XeIShuMW

— Aron Hyman (@aron_hyman) August 12, 2020

Police dodge rocks as they move in to disperse the protesters. At least four were arrested. pic.twitter.com/JMT5shuSE4

— Aron Hyman (@aron_hyman) August 12, 2020

The protest leaders say they came down to Stellenbosch to the "home of Afrikanerdom". He bemoaned the cramped conditions in Kayamandi and said protesters were going to go to Stellenbosch Town centre to "buy some things" from shops and restaurants. @TimesLIVE pic.twitter.com/abTconGjwO

— Aron Hyman (@aron_hyman) August 12, 2020

What are Stellenbosch protesters demanding?

Faced with the possibility of being kept out of the Stellenbosch CBD by a team of well coordinated officers, the protesters even went as far as attempting to pull the wool over authorities’ heads, claiming that they had abandoned their picket and they wanted to head out ‘to the shops’ in groups.

After the first round of clashes with police the protesters changes their strategy by claiming they wanted to go home or to the shops. The situation escalated rapidly from here on. pic.twitter.com/QnogUmcOzi

— Aron Hyman (@aron_hyman) August 12, 2020

Of course, officers were not swayed and another raging battle of stone-throwing and gas bombings erupted.

There is no clear objective behind the protests, or at least none that we could gather from the stellar work done by Hyman in documenting the protests.

From what we understand, the group is not from Kayamandi. It’s believed they are from Johannesburg and they came to Stellenbosch to ‘unsettle white privilege’.

There were mentions of the usual “we want our land back from the whites,” but it was not the definitive subject of the protests.

Here is one of the protest leaders speaking to Hyman about the real reason protesters want to take their picketing to the leafy side of town.

Protest leaders Zethu Mdudo and Yonela Tyawu explain that they came to Stellenbosch from Johannesburg because "Stellenbosch is the centre of everything wrong with South Africa". They claim the county's problems started when whites arrived in 1652. @TimesLIVE #JozitoStellenbosch pic.twitter.com/Bj72ljWwuy

— Aron Hyman (@aron_hyman) August 12, 2020

At the time of publishing this article, things had not simmered down in Kayamandi.

We will keep a close watch on this for further developments.

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