The South African Democratic Teachers Union’s (SADTU) national leadership has condemned the burning of schools during community protests‚ and called for increased protection of teachers and pupils.“We may not have the full merits and demerits of the various cases that led to the burning of infrastructure‚ what we know is that the destruction cannot be a solution‚” Sadtu said in a statement on Friday night after a meeting of its national executive committee.Stop killing our futurePresident Jacob Zuma has warned political parties against using youths as "instruments of destruction". “We urge the law enforcement agencies‚ particularly those within the intelligence space to get to the bottom of this trend to ensure that the guilty can be prosecuted and their handlers can be exposed‚ ” the NEC resolved.Politicians spurn, protesters burnThe greater the destruction, the quicker politicians will respond to demands. That's the belief among protesters at the forefront of a recent surge of arson attacks across South Africa, say experts. “Our children's future cannot and should not be used as a bargaining tool to find immediate solutions”.The teachers union said that practical steps must be taken protect the teachers and pupils at schools. “Those who are responsible for the violence must be apprehended.”Sadtu‚ noting the recent violent protests on university campuses nationwide‚ claimed “agents of a regressive agenda masquerading as dissatisfied students” were to blame for the destruction of infrastructure at institutions of higher learning.Commenting on the SABC’s controversial ban on showing violent protest footage‚ Sadtu’s leadership said: “The NEC fully supports the SABC decision not not to broadcast this violence because we as teachers are responsible for building a violence-free society. We fully understand that the SABC will still provide the public with an impartial‚ accurate and balanced information about violent protest without having to celebrate violence by showing such shocking visuals”...