Gauteng Schools Implement Hard Security Measures Amid Safety Crisis

classroom fear: Gauteng’s school safety crisis triggers raids, CCTV, and private security at high-risk institutions

The Gauteng Education Department has turned to hard security, SAPS search‑and‑seize raids (23 schools so far), private guards at 422 schools and CCTV systems at 606 sites (including a Vodacom partnership) seizing knives, pangas, drugs and vapes.

By Takudzwa Pongweni