Thirty-eight protesters were arrested outside the Bizana
municipality building on Wednesday morning, Eastern Cape police said.
Captain Mlungisi Matidane said the demonstrators, who were protesting over election candidate lists, marched to the municipality and started throwing stones at the windows.
The protesters, who were handed a court order preventing them from coming within 100 metres of the building, also threw a petrol bomb but it did not explode.
Police had to use water cannons to disperse the crowd, he said.
The 38 protesters were expected to appear in the Bizana
Magistrate's Court on Thursday. -
Sapa