TZANEEN: ‘No gangs in our schools’

With the recent escalation of gangsterism and violence in the South African schools, local educators are holding hands together against school crimes.

November 25, 2018

Tintswalo Shipalana 1 minute read

All the stakeholders who attended the school safety campaign held at Lenyenye Community Hall recently.

The Thabina Circuit hosted a School’s Safety and Security Meeting at the Lenyenye Community Hall recently.

The aim of the meeting was for the Department of Education and different stakeholders to share ideas on how to combat the trend from mounting out of control.

“As the department we are worried about the violence that is happening in the precinct of our schools.

“There are a number of organised gangs that have been identified in our schools such as ‘Ama 100’ and ‘Dangerous Family’ famously known as DF,” explained Tom Kgomo, Thabina Circuit Manager.

Many of the gangs normally go to schools and ambush learners and also disrespect teachers and as a result the educators feel unsafe at work.

Kgomo urged parents to stop covering up for their children and to report any criminal activities to the police.

“If you hide and protect them, the problem will perpetuate,” he added.

In the meeting it was also agreed that the department will organise a march protesting against school violence in the near future.

Some of the stakeholders who honoured the occasion included: the SAPS, Greater Tzaneen Municipality, traditional authorities, Professional Educators Union and Congress of the South African Students.

Kgomo also added that they callout to the whole community including businesses to work together in eradicating the social evil.

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November 25, 2018

Tintswalo Shipalana 1 minute read

Emelda Tintswalo Shipalana

Tintswalo Shipalana, a journalist for the Letaba Herald, has been in the media industry for over a decade. She started her journey in radio, but ended up in print which is her first love. She joined the Herald newspaper as a cadet in 2016, where she graduated with a journalism qualification from the Caxton Training Academy. She also has a qualification in Feature Writing from the University of Cape Town and a Media Management qualification from Wits University. She is completing her BA Communication Science degree with UNISA. She sleeps well at night knowing she is a voice to the voiceless and her work contributes to promoting local talent, businesses and service delivery. Her love for her community keeps her working hard every day.