All classes at the Elsenburg Agricultural College have been suspended until further notice after students yet again disrupted classes. EFF members arrived in mini busses and deprived students of their right to education along with a group of students studying at the college. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The rioters locked classroom doors with chains and locks, allegedly spat in the faces of other students and cursed at them. \u201cYou f****ng white b*tch, what are you doing here<\/em>?\u201d were amongst these utterances. 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