Angry residents on Monday frogmarched 23 teachers from Ntji Mothapo Primary School in GaMothapo village in Limpopo.

This comes after the 23 teachers, affiliated to the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu), had been on a protest since July 29 after CCTV cameras were installed in classrooms at the school.

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The teachers allegedly reported for work but did nothing in protest against the installation of CCTV cameras.

The teachers allegedly covered the lenses of the cameras to obstruct them from zooming in on them.

When Sowetan arrived at the school on Monday, the 23 teachers had been removed from the premises. Only a few teachers remained and continued to teach.

Parent Japie Mailula said they had had enough of the teachers who he claimed did not have the interests of their children at heart.

"These teachers have been problematic and we felt it would be best to remove them from the school in the interest of the education of our children," Mailula said.

He further claimed that one of the teachers had reported for work under the influence of alcohol yesterday. Mailula said they would continue to be present at the school to ensure that those teachers never returned.

"We want the department of education to bring us new teachers because those ones no longer want to work at this school," he said.

Enos Malejane of the school's governing body said they would meet officials of the department of education to ask for new teachers to replace the expelled ones.

All 27 classrooms at the school have been fitted with cameras to make it easy to monitor activities inside the classrooms.

The classrooms also have interactive white boards worth R22000 each and are user-friendly to both teachers and pupils.

Department spokesman Naledzani Rasila confirmed that they would meet the parents to resolve the issue.

"I must say that the parents have the right to fight for the education of their children. We will give a way forward after meeting them," Rasila said.

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