A recent Stellenbosch University study reveals widespread parental anxiety over children's safety en route to school. In the Cape Metropole, especially in lower-income areas. Over 86% of parents voiced concern, with fears highest in communities plagued by pedestrian crashes. Sophia du Plessis, researcher, has stressed urgent intervention, better enforcement, safer sidewalks, and child-focused transport systems to address this growing outcry from worried families. For more on this we are joined by Professor Sophia du Plessis Researcher from the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch University....