The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says school safety should be a collaborative effort of government departments, communities and local municipalities.

This Commission launched its annual “State of Schools Report” in Johannesburg on Wednesday. The 2025 report highlighted systemic challenges such as school safety and pit latrines.

“The issue of school safety requires the collaboration of the Department of Police, the Department of Education, communities and local municipalities to work together towards ensuring that when learners and teachers arrive at school, there are security officers, when they arrive at school they do not bring in dangerous weapons and drugs,” says the Commission’s Acting Chief Operations Officer Eric Mokonyama.

—SABC—