News24 reports that on Tuesday a group of parents refused to let the staff at the Limpopo education department's head office in Polokwane leave for home, demanding placement of their children in schools.

The parents barricaded the gates, preventing the staff from leaving. The police were called, but there were no violent incidents. Biccard Street, on which the provincial education head office is located, had to be closed to traffic. Provincial education spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene said the head of department would meet with the parents' representatives "to outline our admissions process". Since the official reopening of schools last week, many parents have been visiting the head office to demand that their children be placed.

• Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Russel Molefe at News24

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