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Most Cape Flats kids carry guns, knives to school. Why?

01 July 2019 - 08:00 By Kgaugelo Masweneng
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Most pupils who live in the Cape Flats have carried either a gun or a knife to school because they did not feel safe, a study has found.

The study paints a depressing picture of what it is like to be a teenager in a world of gangsters, violence, and neglect.

 

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