WATCH: Here's what happened when ANCYL protesters marched to Ballito Junction

Sugar cane burned and stones were thrown as the ANC Youth League marched to Ballito Junction.

The ruling party's youth league was protesting over the shopping mall's employment policies, demanding that the developer hire local youths.

• WATCH: ANCYL protesters push through boom gates at KZN mallANC Youth League protesters pushed through boom gates at the Ballito Junction shopping mall to demand that local youth be employed there.  

ANCYL KZN secretary Thanduxolo Sabelo claimed that it was not the protesters who set fire to the sugar cane, saying the league had no idea who did it.

He also complained that the police had loaded their guns with rubber bullets.

• WATCH: ANCYL protesters set sugar cane alight amid KZN mall protestANC Youth League protesters on Thursday morning set fire to roadside sugar cane as they marched to the Ballito Junction to complain about the mall developer's job allocation policies. 

When the protesters arrived at the mall, they threw stones at the junction and broke through the mall's parking booms.