Members of the Black National Crisis Committee in Cape Town protested outside parliament waving placards and demanding colonial and apartheid statues are removed.

Footage shows the protest at the statue of Louis Botha, South Africa's first prime minister of the Union of South Africa in the 20th century.

Botha was instrumental in limiting black South Africans rights.

A group of youth from the Black Peoples national crisis committe gathered outside parliament of south africa in cape town to demand the removal of apartheid and colonial statues in the country.

It comes on youth day in south africa, a commemoration of the 1986 killing of hector pietersen in johannesburg.

protesters waved placards and shouted black lives matter slogans