EFF members forced their way into the Pretoria North Magistrate s Court on Friday where a man accused of stabbing Thembinkosi Thabethe to death is applying for bail.
The court entrances were closed on Friday, which angered the EFF members who then started kicking the gates, before lifting them off its rails and entering the court premises.
There were no police officers at the court at the time.
It s alleged Thabethe was stabbed three times by Leon Coetzee following an argument about a message on a WhatsApp group.
Both men lived in the Green Acres Estate in Montana.
Coetzee, who is applying for bail, alleged he acted in self-defence.
Blue light bandits: Trio arrested after a high-speed chase and shootout
Police arrested a trio of suspects that have alleged been terrorising the Pretoria North area in a car fitted with blue lights.
Police in Pretoria arrested three suspects between the age of 28 and 36 on Tuesday morning, 20 April 2021, following a high-speed chase and gun battle in Rama City near Ga-Ranwuka.
According to a statement from the Hawks, the South African Police Service (SAPS) was allegedly spurred to action by a tip-off about a white Volkswagen Polo that was abusing blue lights in the Pretoria North area.
ONE BLUE LIGHT BANDIT WOUNDED IN GUN BATTLE
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