IS PROTESTING THE ONLY WAY FOR PEOPLES GRIEVENCES TO BE HEARD?

Yanga Vecina – Provincial Secretary of SASCO (South African Students Congress) in the Eastern CapeRay Tywakadi - HOD at the Department of Basic Education in Eastern Cape.A protest by parents of learners at schools in the northern areas in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape has turned violent, with a stand-off between police and residents. The parents are protesting a report by the provincial Education Department which accuses some schools in the area of not submitting the documents of the122 teachers' posts available in Port Elizabeth.