Limpopo – Tourists trying to enter the Kruger National Park through the northernmost gate at Punda Maria were barred from doing so on Saturday by a group of protesters who were eventually dispersed after police fired rubber bullets at them.
According to the Sunday Times, the protest was in response to a rejection by the municipal demarcation board for the town – Malamulele – to become a separate municipality.
The town falls under the Thulamela municipality 30km away.
Protests in the town have kept children from school since the beginning of the school year. Residents however have warned of a “new June 16”.
They say schools will be disrupted until their demands are met and that the school children are leading this struggle…
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