{"id":57034,"date":"2026-04-23T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=57034"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:18:00","slug":"school-safety-rise-in-targeted-attacks-on-gautengs-school-leadership-sparks-safety-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/23\/school-safety-rise-in-targeted-attacks-on-gautengs-school-leadership-sparks-safety-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"School safety: Rise in targeted attacks on Gauteng\u2019s school leadership sparks safety fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Recent fatalities in Gauteng\u2019s East Rand have highlighted a growing trend of violent attacks directed at school principals and senior management. As the South African Democratic Teachers\u2019 Union warns of a \u2018targeted\u2019 pattern of violence linked to school governance and financial oversight, those on the ground describe a state of \u2018constant fear\u2019 and a \u2018nightmare\u2019 of inadequate protection.<\/p>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#School #safety #Rise #targeted #attacks #Gautengs #school #leadership #sparks #safety #fears<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent fatalities in Gauteng\u2019s East Rand have highlighted a growing trend of violent attacks directed at school principals and senior&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57035,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57034\/revisions\/57035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}