Protests over a lack of water have disrupted teaching at five North West schools, where pupils were reportedly forced out of classrooms and teachers threatened.
Protests over water shortages in the Ngaka Modiri Molema district municipality in the North West led to disruptions at five schools on the first day of the new academic year.
According to North West Education spokesperson, Elias Malindi, a group of people who were allegedly protesting water shortages in the area, disrupted proceedings in the Ngotoane Secondary, Messega .