Mlungisi township pupils writing Grade 12 final examinations in town were pelted with stones by angry Mlungisi township rioters for being "traitors".
The Dispatch saw a group of pupils from three high schools covering their heads as stones flew towards their direction.
The pupils are braving missiles and insults to cross the Cumakala Bridge to and from exam venues.
The bridge which is currently the battleground between the police and angry protesters.
The bridge links the township and the town. Pupils from Stutterheim High School, Jongile Nompondo High and Sinethemba High are finding themselves targets for not joining the cause of the rioters and instead opting to write exams.
The pupils, mostly girls, were also insulted during the launching of missiles with"Voetsek b$&#s".Some rioters also yelled: "You are sexually starved".
Many pupils had to wait for police to stop the protesters forcing them to retreat and to quickly run and cross the bridge...