On Thursday, hundreds of supporters of social movement Ses'khona People's Rights - the original poo-chuckers - marched to the Western Cape provincial legislature. The ANC Western Cape had put out a statement announcing that they would meet them there in support. Many Ses'khona members wore T-shirts stating "Ses'khona endorses ANC". And yet when ANC provincial leader Marius Fransman tried to address the crowd, he was booed away. Politics is a bloodsport.
Police and officials were on edge ahead of Thursday's Ses'khona march. Previous protests by the movement have ended in violence and looting. In October 2013, a march through the CBD led by Ses'khona leader Andile Lili saw small-scale traders on St George's Mall robbed of their wares and car windows smashed.
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