28 Jan

School security starts at home, says KZN Education MEC

Thabiso Goba

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Kwazi Mshengu, KZN Education MEC, at the Dassenhoek High School near Pinetown.

Increasing security is not the answer to the problem of crime and violence schools.

That’s the view of KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC, Kwazi Mshengu.

“We don’t believe that schools should resemble war zones. Schools should be a convenient place for the purposes of teaching and learning,” he said.

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