The Congress of SA Students (Cosas) accused ANC Youth League leaders of pulling children out of schools and busing them into Johannesburg's city centre to show support for Julius Malema on Tuesday.
"They were kicked out of their own schools by people who wanted to disrupt the proceedings, people who have their agenda," Cosas president Bongani Mani said outside ANC headquarters Luthuli House, where Malema and several other youth league leaders were facing a disciplinary hearing.
Hundreds of school children, in different school uniforms, some as young as 10, started arriving in town via bus before noon.
Mani denied Cosas had brought the children in, saying it was the "ANCYL leadership".
He criticised the action and called on school governing bodies not to allow children into town.
"We condemn this... We need to defend the right to learn. They [the ANCYL] shouldn't get hooligans to disrupt our schools."
Cosas condemns protests by pupils
The Congress of SA Students (Cosas) accused ANC Youth League leaders of pulling children out of schools and busing them into Johannesburg's city centre to show support for Julius Malema on Tuesday.
"They were kicked out of their own schools by people who wanted to disrupt the proceedings, people who have their agenda," Cosas president Bongani Mani said outside ANC headquarters Luthuli House, where Malema and several other youth league leaders were facing a disciplinary hearing.
Hundreds of school children, in different school uniforms, some as young as 10, started arriving in town via bus before noon.
Mani denied Cosas had brought the children in, saying it was the "ANCYL leadership".
He criticised the action and called on school governing bodies not to allow children into town.
"We condemn this... We need to defend the right to learn. They [the ANCYL] shouldn't get hooligans to disrupt our schools."
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