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An argument breaks out between protesters and the police outside Hoërskool Overvaal in Vereeniging. Picture: Rosetta Msimango/citypress
Demonstrations turned violent outside Hoërskool Overvaal on Thursday after a petrol bomb was thrown at a police van, which led to police making mass arrests.
Members of the ANC, the Economic Freedom Fighters and parents protested for a second day outside the school, in anger over the High Court’s ruling this week that the Gauteng education department acted unlawfully when it ordered the school to admit 55 English speaking learners.
Quarrels between protesters and the police broke out because protesters refused to remove their cars from the road, they insisted that “this is the only non-violent way to barricade the road leading to the school”. Photojournalist Rosetta Msimango was there and captured these images.
Protestors gesture towards the police outside Hoërskool Overvaal in Vereeniging. Picture: Rosetta Msimango/citypress
Protesters march outside the gates of Hoërskool Overvaal in Vereeniging. Picture: Rosetta Msimango/citypress
Police officers conduct arrests outside Hoërskool Overvaal after a petrol bomb was thrown at a police van during protest action in Vereeniging. Picture: Rosetta Msimango/citypress
Protesters march outside the gates of Hoërskool Overvaal. Picture: Rosetta Msimango/citypress
Protesters lash out at police officers after noticing that they were allowing residents to remove rocks which they used to barricade the road that leads to Hoërskool Overvaal . Picture: Rosetta Msimango/citypress
Police make more arrests outside Hoërskool Overvaal when demonstrations turned violent after a petrol bomb was thrown at a police van during protest action in Vereeniging. Picture: Rosetta Msimango/citypress
A police officer puts out a flame after a petrol bomb was thrown at a police van outside Hoërskool Overvaal in Vereeniging. Picture: Rosetta Msimango/citypress
Protesters confront police officers during their protest outside Hoërskool Overvaal in Vereeniging. Picture: Rosetta Msimango/citypress
Protesters call on police officers to shoot outside Hoërskool Overvaal in Vereeniging. Picture: Rosetta Msimango/citypress
