UDM demands urgent interventions over scandal of sexual abuse at schools [SOUND]

# The UDM says it is outraged and heartbroken by the recent reports of sexual abuse, harassment and misconduct involving educators across the country. The UDM acting secretary general, Zandile Phiri says in just the past month, cases have surfaced in Gauteng, the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State which exposes a deep and systemic crisis in the education system. She says schools must be sanctuaries of learning, not sites of trauma: