The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Mopani branch marched to Ben Vorster High School in Limpopo yesterday, after one of the school’s learners made a racial slur on a TikTok live video that went viral on Monday.

The protest at the school was peaceful, with local police, traffic officers, security companies and the community policing forum in attendance.

According to Simon Mangena, the chairman of EFF Mopani, the EFF Limpopo leadership met with the school’s management to discuss the racist incident.

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“We did not go to cause havoc but to sit with management,” says Mangena.

“We had already planned to march to Tzaneen police station and the Greater Tzaneen Municipality when we received the video and redirected the march to Ben Vorster High School.

“We asked police to request a sit down with the school and find out if they are aware of the incident.

“When we got there the gates were closed. We threatened to lock them in and they agreed to sit with us,” he adds.

According to Mangena, the learner’s parents were in the meeting.

“We requested the school to expel the learner. We are going to make sure something is done and we will see to it that it is solved,” he says.

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The EFF Limpopo leadership, led by the Provincial Treasurer Fighter Tinyiko Manganyi engaged in a meeting with school management of Hoërskool Ben Vorster about the racist utterances of a student at the school, Erhard Vorster. pic.twitter.com/ljghWdU6o2

— EFF LIMPOPO (@EFF_Limpopo) November 29, 2023

Ben Vorster High School released a statement yesterday saying that an immediate investigation was launched by its governing body.

The school strongly condemns the incident. It was neither involved nor directly named in the live TikTok broadcast.

The Limpopo Department of Education has been informed of the incident.

BEN VORSTER HIGH SCHOOL

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