Police in Barberton found multiple boxes of matches concealed with compressed dagga, knives, and cigarettes during raids at three different schools in Mpumalanga, South Africa. On Thursday, anti-crime operations were carried out at three high schools in Barberton.
“It is deeply disappointing that despite all the programmes and awareness campaigns that the department with stakeholders, conduct in schools, we still find these levels of delinquency in some of our schools,” Shongwe said.
“Our programmes will continue to be rolled out at schools across the province. We remain relentless in our endeavours to make our schools safer for effective learning and teaching.”
Shongwe also accused those who provide the students with narcotics, and he pleaded with parents to help him identify these people.
“These children are our future, we should therefore not surrender our country’s future to heartless and unscrupulous people who do not care about our country’s future,” Shongwe says.
Some of the students who were found in possession of dagga provided the police with information about their suppliers.
“This subsequently led the team to a nearby car wash where two, 20 litre buckets containing dagga were seized. Two suspects were arrested,” Shongwe said.
Shongwe advised students to cease imitating evil people and instead strive to be like the many positive role models present in society from all spheres.
The Mpumalanga Traffic Intervention Unit, with assistance from the South African Police Service, the Department of Education, and the City of Mbombela Local Municipality, carried out the program on Thursday.
A component of the preparation for the Imbizo, which will take place in Barberton on September 10, was the intervention in schools.
