Closing Resolution of the First Equal Education National Congress
Closing Resolution of the First Equal Education National Congress
Equal Education launches FIX OUR SCHOOLS: AN EXHIBITION
On Thursday, 30 August 2012, Equal Education (EE) will launch FIX OUR SCHOOLS: AN EXHIBITION from 12h30-13h30 at the Central Methodist Mission Church in Cape Town. The exhibition will expose the state of South Africa’s education system and chronicle EE’s work.
Equal Education Condemns Violent Attack on Mpumalanga Learner
On Wednesday, 22 August 2012, eNews Channel Africa showed footage of a male teacher violently attacking a Grade 9 learner at Hoerskool Patriot in Mpumalanga. Equal Education (EE) condemns the attack and calls for the immediate dismissal of the teacher.
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS WELCOME ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO KHAYELITSHA POLICE
Today the Premier of the Western Cape Helen Zille announced the establishment of a commission of inquiry (CoI) to investigate problems with policing by the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Khayelitsha. This follows years of sustained campaigning by our organisations and members, many of whom continue to experience the effects of a failing police and criminal justice system. While the CoI is welcomed the terms of reference fail to include the City of Cape Town’s Metro Police – an integral part of policing in Khayelitsha.
Government Response
KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Continues to Illegally Lock Out Late-coming Learners
Equal Education (EE) has received reports that in June 2011 KwaZulu-Natal education MEC Senzo Mchunu issued a departmental circular instructing principals to lock out late-coming learners. EE has sent a letter to the MEC calling for the circular to be retracted immediately.
Media Coverage
NGO Threatens to Take State to Court over Lax Standards, Mail & Guardian, 3 August 2011
Call to Target Education Infrastructure, Daily News, 22 February 2012
Equal Education to Picket Parliament for Minimum Norms and Standards, NGO Pulse, 23 February 2012
EC Education in a Crisis, says picketing advocacy group, Metro Newspapers, 3 March 2012
Ruling until Jesus comes not a given, Vavi warns ANC, City Press, 3 March 2012
Eastern Cape Pupils Pickt for Libraries and Sanitation, Daily Maverick, 6 March 2012
Give us a classroom so we can learn, City Press, 6 March 2012
Equal Education Takes Angi Motshekga to Court, Mail & Guardian, 7 March 2012
Education Minister Taken to Court, IOL News, 8 March 2012
NGO Goes to Court to Force Government to Provide Equal Infrastructure at all Schools, Port Elizabeth Herald, 8 March 2012
Equal Education NGO Takes Minister to Court, Times Live, 8 March 2012
Parents Haul State to Court, Times Live, 8 March 2012
Motshekga Faces New Threat of Legal Action, Business Day, 8 March 2012
Equal Education Drags Minister to Court for Six of the Best, The Big Issue, 9 March 2012
Equal Education embarks on 10 days of action following court announcement, Metro Newspapers, 9 March 2012
Schools embrace '10 days of action', demands infrustructure, The New Age, 12 March 2012
South African Education Crisis Fuels State School Exodus, BBC Africa, 12 March 2012
Equal Education – 10 Days of Action, Whocsoc, 19 March 2012
Equal Education Plans School March, The New Age, 19 March 2012
Horror of Going to School, Times Live, 19 March 2012
EE Seeks Court Action After Ban, Cape Times, 19 March 2012
Equal Education Visits Dilapidated Rural Schools in Our Area, The Bulungula Incubator, 23 March 2012
State to Spend R657m Less on New Schools, Times Live, 25 March 2012
Parents Shut Down 294 Schools, Times Live, 26 March 2012
City Press Schools Exposé: Department Pledges More Schools for Eastern Cape, City Press, 27 March 2012
A Watershed Moment for Sadtu, Mail & Guardian, 30 March 2012
Holding Government to Account, The Mail & Guardian, 5 April 2012
Eastern Cape steps in to rescue schools despite leagal battle, The Mail & Guardian, 16 April 2012
Motshekga to challenge Equal Education in court, The Mail & Guardian, 18 April 2012
Motshekga to oppose court action, News 24, 18 April 2012
Motshekga files notice to oppose EE court case, The New Age, 18 April 2012
Minister to oppose court action, IOL News, 18 April 2012
Education standard worries chamber of commerce, Business Day, 20 April 2012
Textbook lack 'as serious as' teacher strike, Business Day, 8 May 2012
The standards that matter, Mail & Guardian, 11 May 2012
Motshekga says government has plan to end 'mud schools', Business Day, 29 May 2012
Battle for books rages in the courts, Mail and Guardian, 31 May 2012
Legal challenge to education bungles, Times Live, 1 June 2012
Government stalls on shoddy schools, Times Live, 1 June 2012
Bureaucracy bogs down progess, Mail and Guardian, 1 June 2012
Motshekga 'in breach of duties', Times Live, 11 June 2012
The forgotten children, Times Live, 11 June 2012
School of disgrace, Times Live, 11 June 2012
Doors of learning still closed, Times Live, 11 June 2012
With dire South African schools, activits take to Twitter, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2012
Crisis or challenge, school infrastructure is nowhere near where is should be, Daily Maverick, 19 June 2012
Right to education: Pupils can wait, says Motshekga, Mail and Guardian, 3 August 2012
'Basic education not possible now', News24, 3 August 2012
Kagiso on education: slow and steady, Mail and Guardian, 17 August 2012
Education NGO takes on minister, News24, 20 August 2012
Documents Relating to Equal Education’s Court Case Against the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga
The court date is set down for 20 November 2012.
Equal Education is represented by the Legal Resources Centre.
For more information please contact Yoliswa Dwane on 072 342 7747 or 021 387 0022/3
Equal Education’s Founding Papers
Equal Education’s Reply
JOINT LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF BASIC EDUCATION FROM CENTRE FOR CHILD LAW, CALS, EE, EE LAW CENTRE, SECTION 27 AND LRC
JOINT LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF BASIC EDUCATION FROM CENTRE FOR CHILD LAW, CALS, EE, EE LAW CENTRE, SECTION 27 AND LRC
Ms A Motshekga
Minister of Basic Education
Tel: (012) 357 4026
Fax: (012) 323 5989
Mr B Soobrayan
Director-General: Department of Basic Education
Tel: (012) 357 3000 / (021) 465 7350
Fax: (012) 323 5989 / (021) 461 4788
15 August 2012
JOINT LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF BASIC EDUCATION FROM SECTION27, LEGAL RESOURCES CENTRE, EE, EE LAW CENTRE, CENTRE FOR CHILD LAW AND CALS
On 21 June 2012 the abovementioned group of civil society organisations wrote an open letter to the Minister of Basic Education requesting her to convene an urgent meeting to discuss the deepening crisis in education and the ways in which civil society can work with the Department of Basic Education to find workable solutions to this crisis.
