{"id":2070,"date":"2025-06-03T09:50:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T07:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2070"},"modified":"2025-06-03T09:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T07:50:31","slug":"young-minds-clash-in-safety-debate-showdown","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/?news=young-minds-clash-in-safety-debate-showdown","title":{"rendered":"YOUNG MINDS CLASH IN SAFETY DEBATE SHOWDOWN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><p>YOUNG MINDS CLASH IN SAFETY DEBATE SHOWDOWN<\/p>\n<p>CommunitySafety |The Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety hosted a Community Safety Debate Competition today, 31 May 2025, at the Zai Oat Hotel in Makhuduthamaga Municipality, Sekhukhune District. <\/p>\n<p>Teams from Tshehlwaneng, Bopedi Bapedi, Ngwanamatlang, and Ponti Secondary Schools faced off on provocative topics:<\/p>\n<p>1. Economic desperation drives illegal immigrants to sell expired goods, and<br \/>\n2. Community policing effectively reduces weapons and drug-related crimes.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative forms part of the department\u2019s ongoing campaign to foster civic responsibility and critical thinking among learners. Through these debates, participants actively explore and address pressing community safety issues.<\/p>\n<p>The event has proven successful in promoting awareness and stimulating learner-led dialogue on real-world challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The top five debaters have been selected to represent Sekhukhune District at the Provincial Competition on 16 August 2025.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img src=http:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865550296.jpg alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img src=http:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865536952.jpg alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YOUNG MINDS CLASH IN SAFETY DEBATE SHOWDOWN CommunitySafety |The Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety hosted a Community Safety Debate Competition today, 31 May 2025, at the Zai Oat Hotel in<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/?news=young-minds-clash-in-safety-debate-showdown\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865525605.jpg",1080,810,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865525605-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865525605-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865525605-768x576.jpg",604,453,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865525605-1024x768.jpg",604,453,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865525605.jpg",1080,810,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865525605.jpg",1080,810,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865525605-604x270.jpg",604,270,true],"imax-slider-thumb":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865525605-1080x580.jpg",1080,580,true],"imax-single-thumb":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865525605-1080x480.jpg",1080,480,true],"imax-tx-medium":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865525605-600x480.jpg",600,480,true],"sow-carousel-default":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865525605-272x182.jpg",272,182,true],"sow-blog-portfolio":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865525605-375x375.jpg",375,375,true],"sow-blog-grid":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865525605-720x480.jpg",720,480,true],"sow-blog-alternate":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1748865525605-950x630.jpg",950,630,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"webteam","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/?author=1"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"YOUNG MINDS CLASH IN SAFETY DEBATE SHOWDOWN CommunitySafety |The Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety hosted a Community Safety Debate Competition today, 31 May 2025, at the Zai Oat Hotel inRead More...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news\/2070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news\/2070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2071,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news\/2070\/revisions\/2071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2070"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fnews-category&post=2070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}