School doors shut on kids

Pupils at 50 schools in violence-torn Vuwani, Limpopo, have been without lessons for two weeks - with the principals of schools in neighbouring villages refusing to take them in for fear of being targeted themselves in retribution by rampaging arsonists. Former president Thabo Mbeki has called for the government to take swift action following a week of turmoil in the area and a political analyst has likened the burning down of schools to treason.