Some primary schools in South Africa cope with new menace

Primary schools make up a third of 109 “high-risk” schools in and around Cape Town, South Africa, where gangsterism, drug-dealing and violence are a growing problem, according to the newspaper Cape Argus. Gang activity and drug-dealing on school grounds have prompted the provincial government to deploy several hundred police reservists and crime-fighting volunteers to the 109 schools most at risk. Education officials have called on schools to take a "zero-tolerance" approach to all forms of abuse, including bullying, to prevent it from spiraling into worse violence. Read more about the problems facing South African schools at allAfrica.com.