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No arrests have been made since the Democratic Alliance laid criminal charges against those preventing pupils from attending Northern Cape schools.
Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille says they demand that those behind the organised intimidation of school-children be arrested immediately.
The case was opened at the Transvaal Road police station in Kimberley on Thursday, after a total of 41 of the 65 schools in the Johan Taolo Gaetsewe district municipality, which includes Kuruman, have been closed since June because of residents intimidating children.
De Lille claims that three schools were burnt down, while hundreds of learners were relocated to an army camp and others to a secure location.
The National And Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa yesterday condemned the incident, saying its disturbing that the communities in the area are prepared to use the education and future of children as a bargaining chip to obtain political goals.
