Addressing over 300 learners and high ranking officials from the South African Police Services, the Departments of Social Development, Health, Justice & Constitutional Services and Correctional Services as well as Teacher Unions, the Head Of Department Adv. Malakoane on behalf of the MEC Dr. MJ Maboya said “This campaign is more than an event for us; it is a collective call to action and a moment of reckoning with a hard reality: our schools are not always the safe spaces they ought to be. For too many of our children, walking into a classroom comes with anxiety, not assurance, with fear, not freedom”.
In an eye- opening presentation, Mangaung Metro District Director Mr. December Moloi detailed statistics of dangerous behaviors taking place on school grounds in the district, that really call for intensified parental involvement and contribution from all corners of society.
Learners participated in debating and public speaking activities, and had a panel discussion on exactly how they are affected by these social ills.