"I am going to use bolt cutters to open this school. We are going to open it with force," Jerome Lottering from the Davidsonville Community Forum told News24 outside the school.
Parents and pupils of Davidsonville vowed to forcibly reopen Roodepoort Primary School on Monday morning.
Parents and a group of around 40 pupils in their purple uniforms had gathered outside the gates of the school.
Several police vehicles were parked nearby.Read more: We will force our school open - Roodepoort residents.
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