WATCH | Jozi2Stellenbosch group protests in 'heart of Afrikanerdom'
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There, they expected to meet head on their ideological enemy, “the whites, the settlers”. They carried a Black Power flag.
“Our demands are clear, we want our land, we want reparations, we want the return of the ex-miners. The ex-miners have been robbed forever in this country. They didn't get anything. We want our land, the time is now,” said one of the protest leaders, Zethu Mdudo.
“We are sick and tired of white people doing as they please in this country. It's like we are visitors in our own land and we won't stop until our demands are met.
“We have been robbed since 1652 with the arrival of white people in this country,” she said.
The group was small at first, but after an initial clash with police, more people started to join in stone-throwing.
Police then engaged in running battles with the protesters, dispersing them with rubber bullets and stun grenades. At least three protest leaders were arrested.