Protests disbanded after shots fired – waste-filled scene left behind
"The members were sitting on their chairs when the police shot at them! Five people were wounded."
Members of the RET Organisation are left angered after police officers shot five protesters with rubber bullets before the scene was disbanded.
The section of OR Tambo Street between Dr Beyers Naude Drive and Joubert Street has been cleared of the picketers who camped there throughout the night after erecting tents and portable toilets in front of the High Court buildings.
Residents however complained about the mounds of waste left behind after the protest.
During a visit by the Middelburg Observer, a hand full of stragglers were found packing up tents and chairs.
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One member angrily told the Middelburg Observer that the police at first instructed the members to pack up and leave.
They explained then that the leaders of the organisation where not present at the time and that the protesters first waited for their return before dismantling their picket site.
“The police told us we had 30 minutes to clear, before shooting us!”
The area was severely littered with take away packaging after the protest action.
@middelburgobserver A messy scene left behind by protesters after police fire rubber bullets
