DA urges the government to treat attacks on social workers as crimes against the state [SOUND]

# The DA says social workers in the Western Cape should be reclassified as essential workers. It says more than two-thousand social workers are handling hundreds of abuse and neglect cases each, with over 54 attacks on social workers reported since April. The DA’s Wendy Kaizer-Philander says formal recognition would give social workers legal protection, hazard pay, safety equipment, and inclusion in emergency planning like other frontline workers: