South Africa protesters burned down schools in Limpopo province

13 schools were burnt by protesters in two areas in South Africa's northern Limpopo province in a violent dispute over district
boundaries, police say. Government officials appealed for an end to the violence, saying it affected the education of hundreds of children. Protesters say moves to include their neighbourhoods into a new municipality would delay efforts to get them better housing and water.

South Africa is due to hold key local government elections in August.
Opposition parties hope to make gains at the polls, arguing that the governing African National Congress (ANC) has failed to improve basic services during its 22-year rule.

The ANC disputes this, saying most people have a far better standard of living since it took power at the end of minority rule in 1994.

Limpopo is one of South Africa's poorest provinces, where the ANC has won previous elections by an overwhelming majority.
The main opposition parties, the Democratic Alliance and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), hope to weaken the ANC's hold in the province in the August elections.