12 September 2007
As from Monday, 10 September 2007, the Eastern Cape Department of Safety and
Liaison in partnership with the JAG Sports and Education Foundation started
visiting schools in the East London and Mdantsane areas to promote the School
Safety Programme.
JAG Sports and Education Foundation were established by Gayton Mckenzie, a
nationally acclaimed former inmate, who wrote a book about his personal
experiences in prison which touched many people in the country.
This initiative comes almost two weeks after the provincial summit on School
Safety held in East London by the Department of Education and the Department of
Safety and Liaison, which adopted the School Safety Programme.
The programme promotes a multi-agency collaboration, which will enable
government and society to win back our schools from the hands of criminals.
The key focus areas of the School Safety Programme are infrastructure,
security control, community mobilisation, conflict management, anti-drug and
substance abuse and school environment, including tendencies of bullying and
other criminal actions. Forty (40) schools have been identified in areas such
as Nelson Mandela Bay, Buffalo City, King Sabata Dalindyebo and Mount Frere for
the pilot phase of the School Safety Programme and will serve as the yardstick
for a successful rollout.
On 10 September 2007, the following schools were visited:
John Bisseker High School at 8h00
Ebenezer High School at 9h30
Khulani Commercial High School at 13h00
On 11 September 2007, the following schools were being visited:
Greenpoint High School at 8h00
Sithembiso Secondary School at 11h30
Hudson Park High School at 13h15
On 12 September 2007, the following schools will be visited:
Kingswood College at 8h30
St Andrews and DSG at 10h00
On 13 September 2007, the following schools will be visited:
Clarendon High School at 7h30
Selborne College at 9h00
Mzamomhle School at 12h30
On 14 September 2007, the following schools will be visited:
Westbank High School at 7h45
David Mama High School at 11h30
Grens High School at 13h45
Issued by:
Ncedo Kumbaca
Spokesperson
Cell: 082 442 2388
Issued by: Department of Safety and Liaison, Eastern Cape Provincial
Government
12 September 2007
