About 300 members of the Mfuleni community, near Khayelitsha, are protesting outside the Blue Downs Magistrate's Court where two factory owners are expected to apply for bail, the SABC reported on Thursday.
The two men faced charges of sexual assault, racial abuse and crimen injuria.
The two factory owners were arrested on Tuesday after four casual workers employed for the day, claimed they had been abused. - Sapa