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Hectic Scenes as rubber bullets and water cannons used on PE protesters #NorthernAreas

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Port Elizabeth – Police used rubber bullets and water cannons on protesters in Port Elizabeth’s Northern Areas on Monday.

Parents, pupils and taxi associations protested over the closure of 33 schools in the area, an eNCA reporter said.

A local woman tweeted that protesters were stoning police and that there had been at least one injury.

The schools were shut down because of a number of problems, the main one being a shortage of teachers, the Herald reported.

News24

Latest #NorthernAreas Tweets on the situation below:


Gishma Johnson @Gishma Port Elizabeth, South Africa: Police full swing in PE #NorthernAreas…while protesters are stoning them

eNCA @eNCA: #NorthernAreas Our reporter Sandy McCowen is on the scene and has just told @UvekaR that the the situation as “very, hectic”

https://twitter.com/runaine1/status/625553245642092544

Runaine J. Radine @runaine1: A peaceful protest please! #NorthernAreas #NelsonMandelaBay #PortElizabeth #education

manoj gupta @dreamwithmanoj: Trouble in Port Elizabeth as Cops use rubber bullets & water canons to disperse on protesters in the #NorthernAreas of #PE

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