Video footage circulating on social media showed large groups of uniformed learners flooding the streets and looting fruit stalls along the roadside.
Chaos erupted in Kraaifontein on Wednesday morning when an estimated 700 learners from two high schools took to the streets in protest, demanding the removal of foreign nationals from their schools and the country.
The learners, from Masibambane High School and Hector Peterson High School, allegedly assaulted a foreign national during the unrest and disrupted members of the public, including motorists and informal traders.
Video footage circulating on social media showed large groups of uniformed learners flooding the streets and looting fruit stalls along the roadside.
According to police, learners at one school threw stones at passing vehicles, while those at the other targeted staff vehicles belonging to school personnel.
