Scores of protesters today (January 30) deliberately broke South African lockdown rules by gathering on a beach in Cape Town.

Police and law enforcement officers chose to withdraw from the scene despite initially walking onto the beach with riot shields.

Brent van Der Westhuizen from a biker group called "Ride To Freedom" said they were supporting the protest which was organised by a group calling itself "Woke Nation".

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa took the country back to Level 3 lockdown regulations at the end of December as COVID-19 infections spiked in the second wave.

All the city's many beaches have been closed since then.

South African police as well as officers from the City of Cape Town’s law enforcement division stood idley by as hundreds of protesters contravened the country’s lockdown regulations by entering the ocean, despite beaches being closed.

President Cyril Ramaphosa took the country back to level 3 lockdown regulations at the end of December as Covid 19 infections spiked in second wave.

Brent van Der Westhuizen from a biker group called Ride To Freedom says they were supporting the protest which was organised by a group calling itself Woke nation.

Despite the protesters visibly contravening the lockdown regulations, the police and law enforcement officers chose to withdraw despite initially walking onto the beach with riot shields.