Police in South Africa have fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to try and break up a protest outside an Afrikaans medium school just south of Johannesburg.
The demonstrators are accusing the school of racism for not admitting 55 English-speaking students.
Tires were burned as groups waving flags from both the ANC and the opposition EFF parties demonstrated outside the school.
Hoërskool Overvaal school and the Gauteng education department have been involved in a court battle over the issue.
The education department had said that the school had to admit the students.
But last week the High Court in Pretoria ruled that the school should not be forced to admit them.
Afrikaans is spoken mainly by people of white or mixed heritage in South Africa.
The BBC reports that the demonstrators see the school’s action as intended to exclude back children. The school denies this, and says it just does not have the capacity or resources to cater for the pupils.
The provincial head of education says his department will appeal against the High Court’s decision.
