SADTU calls on Basic Education to strengthen security measures in schools [SOUND]

# Teacher’s union Sadtu is calling on the Department of Basic Education to strengthen security measures at schools to prevent kidnapping and attacks on teachers, as schools are increasingly becoming soft targets for criminals. A 45-year-old female teacher at Happydale Special School in Algoa Park, Gqeberha, was forcibly taken by three men at the school’s parking lot as she parked her car. Sadtu’s pokesperson, Nomusa Cembi, says schools must remain sanctuaries of education and development, free from crime and violence: