Calls for police visibility at schools after principal was shot dead

The South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) in the Western Cape has called for police visibility in schools to ensure the safety of teachers and learners.

This follows the fatal shooting of a school principal this morning in Ekuthuleni Primary School, in Kraaifontein, outside Cape Town.

The 54-year-old was shot dead by three unidentified men while sitting in his vehicle with his wife outside the school premises.

The suspects fled the scene in an unknown vehicle.

“We call upon the police as well as the Department of Safety and Security within the province to ensure that there is police visibility early in the morning around schools because we understand that the visibility of the police is a deterrent to crime,” says Sadtu’s Provincial Secretary Sibongile Kwazi.

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Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk says the two victims stopped outside the primary school at 7 o’clock this morning when they were shot.

Van Wyk says the suspects fled the scene.

“At about 07:00, two persons stopped at the entrance of an institute of learning at Henzikile Street, Walacedene, in their white Mahindra vehicle. Three unidentified males approached the victims’ vehicle and opened fire at them, which led to the death of a 54-year-old male and an injured female who was admitted to hospital. The suspects fled the scene in an unknown vehicle,” says Van Wyk.