The protest followed the announcement by the Minister of Education Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi who requested to address the Form 4s on how the national strike has affected them. This did not go down well with the Form 5s who said they were being given a raw deal by the minister and the school management. The students who were mobilised by the school prefects blocked the main entrance and refused to let cars inside. "Open the boot, we want to see what is inside," demanded one student as the Mmegi car approached the entrance. Taken aback, the driver asked the students to let him through only to be met by resistance. The students hit the car on the sides as they chanted "out out." They moved on to the main road as they disrupted traffic along the Molepolole-Thebephatswa road.
As a police truck filled with officers entered the school through a back entrance, students chanted. "Ga re batle mapodise, re batla thuto fela." The police could only stand on alert as students sang derogatory songs at them.As they made their way to their truck, parked at the far end of the school, students picked up stones and hurled them at the truck as police officers lay down to avoid being hit.
