David Makhura appoints special committee to address school safety
The committee will focus on empowering pupils to break the silence around sexual assault and work with NGOs on gender education in schools
Gauteng premier David Makhura has appointed a special committee of the province’s executive council to focus on improving school safety‚ empowering pupils to break the silence as well as work with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on gender education in schools. The committee is made up of Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi‚ community safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane and social development MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza. "Over the next week‚ the special committee will meet with school principals‚ school governing bodies‚ station commanders‚ community policing forums and patrollers to strengthen safety measures and raise awareness as part of our campaign to empower girl children and young women in our province‚" Makhura said in a ministerial statement on Thursday. He was responding to disturbing incidents of abuse‚ molestation and rape of girls that have been reported over the past two weeks in several schools across the province. This includes 87 pupils at the AB Xuma Primary Sch...
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