UPDATE: Student shot in face during protest
JOBURG - EFF members have embarked on a protest at the Nelson Mandela Bridge.
UPDATE: A student has been shot in the face after police allegedly opened fire on protesters with rubber bullets earlier this afternoon in Braamfontein just before the Nelson Mandela Bridge, where the CEO Sleepout is currently underway.
It is believed that the students were protesting against poor living conditions and being charged high rental rates.
According to the Northcliff Melville Times, students gathered because of the student accomadation at South Point.
The protest was a combined effort of Wits, UJ, Rosebank College and Damelin students and was led by the student body of the EFF.
According to reports, police used stun grenades and fired rubber bullets. The student who was left severely injured by a rubber bullet that was fired into his face was taken away by JMPD officers.
View some of the reactions on twitter below:
EFF marchers on the way to #CEOSleepout2016 pic.twitter.com/63xqON45lD
— Josh Budlender (@joshbudlender) July 28, 2016
The EFF student command is protesting in Braamfontein against high accommodation fees. pic.twitter.com/okJ45WouV0
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) July 28, 2016
Idea that CEOs pretending to sleep on street shows real empathy is a joke. Just gross, disrespectful PR stunt #ceosleepout2016
— Josh Budlender (@joshbudlender) July 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/DEWebster/status/758685099621842944
Police on bridge with rubber bullets rifles #CEOSleepout2016 pic.twitter.com/eNqYScQlrS
— Josh Budlender (@joshbudlender) July 28, 2016
 INITIAL REPORT:
Masses of EFF supporters marched towards the Nelson Mandela Bridge, where the CEO Sleepout is set to take place in Joburg.
It is not yet clear why the EFF are protesting the sleepout.
