FLEURHOF community members in Joburg are not happy.
They called on the government and the Department of Education to do the right thing by building a school for the community.
While the community continues to grow, residents still don't have a high school in their area and parents are forced to send their kids to the schools in nearby communities.
They said that on Wednesday, 17 January, they will forcibly take their children to a school closer to the area which allegedly rejected their kids before.
Community leader Selby Leshaba told Daily Sun they've been experiencing this problem for years without help.
"Our problem is clear. We don't have a local school in Fleurhof and yet our children are being rejected by the closest school," he said.
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Selby told Daily Sun that children were accepted by other schools, but the challenge was that the majority of parents were unable to send their kids to those schools due to transport costs.
He said this has led to some parents taking children to live with relatives.
"Others sent their children to other schools thinking it would be better as the kids would use taxis. However, sending kids to schools like RW Fick is a danger to our children as they end up walking from Highgate to Fleurhof and they're being robbed on their way to and from the school. Parents now want a school in our area," he said.
Community leader Lori Richards said it's a right for children to access a school within a 5km radius.
"Last year we buried a child who was raped on her way to school and yet the Department of Education hasn't learnt from that incident. Foreign nationals are given an opportunity to educate their children at Florida Park High School, yet our children are not," he said.
Department of education spokesman Steve Mabona said that in terms of pupils placed at schools far from them, they will have to check what happened.
"In some other areas they are pressured and will offer schools, and some will not have a problem, if one has a problem they can go to the district and indicate that they can't accept the school," said Mabona.
