Watch: Premier Winde and MEC Schafer visited Brackenfell High

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By Liesl Smit


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Premier Alan Winde has called on the EFF to not continue with their plans to escalate the situation in Brackenfell.

Winde and Education MEC Debbie Schafer visited Brackenfell High this morning. Winde says matrics need to be able to write their exams without disruption.

The Premier says the EFF did not have a permit to march.

Winde has also called for more arrests, following the violence in the area. A 39 year old resident has so far been arrested for public violence.

Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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