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A shocking attack on a 21-year-old student teacher in Bloemfontein has ignited urgent debate about the safety of those training to become educators. Far from an isolated incident, it exposes a systemic failure: student teachers routinely face dangerous conditions, forced to assess personal risk, navigate unfamiliar schools, and endure emotional trauma—all while learning to teach. With dozens of assaults on teachers already reported this year, the profession is under siege, and future educators are being pushed out before they even begin. The real question isn’t whether they can teach—it’s whether they can survive the system designed to train them.

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