Mchunu says Safe Schools Protocol marks start of real action to protect learners [SOUND]

# Police minister Senzo Mchunu says the Safe Schools Protocol signals a shared, practical commitment between the police and the Department of Basic Education to protect learners. Mchunu stressed the protocol must be felt in every classroom. He called on communities and parents to actively support the initiative, warning that violence, drugs, weapons, and extortion in schools, especially in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape, and the Western Cape, must be addressed: