OP ED: A basic human right cannot be poo pooed any longer, Angie
* Published by Sowetan Live on 4 August 2021 By Ramadimetja Makgeru, Equal Education Junior Organiser, Limpopo This Friday, with the hearing of the second part of the court case on the state of school toilets in Limpopo (Rosina Komape and others vs Minister of Basic Education and Others), we are reminded of the many […]
OP ED: A lack of psychosocial support has left SA schoolchildren facing a heavy burden
* Published by The Cape Argus on 17 September 2020 By Anathi Tyelentombi (Equal Education Equaliser), Yonda Magubudela (Equal Education Equaliser), Chwayita Wenana (Equal Education Western Cape Deputy Head) and Stacey Jacobs (Equal Education Researcher) ‘We are given more work with less and less support. The lockdown has affected me mentally, emotionally and it has […]
OP ED: Section 100: A Constitutional Amendment we really need for better service delivery
* Published by City Press on 13 September 2020 By Jane Borman, Equal Education Researcher and Astrid Coombes, Equal Education Law Centre Legal Researcher For the past four years, Equal Education (EE) and the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) have been advocating that Parliament change section 100 of the Constitution to better protect pupils’ education […]
OP ED: Why we are going to court to force government to provide school meals
* Published by City Press on 30 June 2020 By Noncedo Madubedube, Equal Education General Secretary, Nurina Ally, Equal Education Law Centre Executive Director and Tendai Mafuma, Legal Researcher at SECTION27 Equal Education and two Limpopo Schools have taken the government to court in order to ensure that children can benefit from school feeding schemes. […]
OP ED: LIMPOPO SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO LAG ON THE SAFE SANITATION FRONT
*Published by Mail & Guardian (online) on 19 November By Zanele Modise, Equal Education Limpopo Junior Organiser This year’s theme for World Toilet Day, globally celebrated on 19 November, was “Leaving No One Behind” – yet hundreds of thousands of learners, predominantly in rural provinces, must use unsafe and undignified sanitation in their schools. Sibongile […]
OP ED: WE ARE TIRED OF WALKING
* Published by City Press on 20 October 2019 Written by Ntombi Mngomezulu – Grade 11: Ngwane Secondary Lungelo Khanyile – Grade 11: Nhlalakahle Secondary Sthembile Ngcobo – Grade 9: Mathukulula Secondary Sbonelo Moloi – Grade 10: Hlubi Secondary Thabani Zwane – Grade 11: Nhlalakahle Secondary Mpilwenhle Masondo – Grade 11: Mathukulula Secondary Thabisile Sithole […]
OP ED: ANGIE MOTSHEKGA MUST BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE SCHOOLS CRISIS
*Published by The Sunday Times on 23 June 2019 By Nurina Ally (Executive Director Equal Education Law Centre) and Noncedo Madubedube (Equal Education General Secretary) It is cause for deep concern when Angie Motshekga, the minister of basic education – who has served in that role for a decade – concedes she does not understand […]
OP ED: CALL FOR GOVERNMENT TO OPEN PROCUREMENT DATA TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY
*Published in June 2019 by The Daily Maverick By Hopolang Selebalo (Equal Education Co-Head of Research), Zukiswa Kota (PSAM) and Daniel McLaren (Section27) Public contracting is the meeting point of significant power and money and in most countries, these systems are characterised by convoluted, opaque planning. According to a recent report by the Open Contracting […]
OP ED: KIDS’ SAFETY RIGHTS VIOLATED
LEARNERS CONTINUING TO ENCOUNTER DANGERS ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL AND ON SCHOOL PREMISES *Published by The Cape Argus on 11 June 2019 By Ntsiki Dlulani (Head of Equal Education Western Cape), Chwayita Wenana (Deputy Head of Equal Education Western Cape) and Stacey Jacobs (Equal Education Researcher) When Grade 11 Khayelitsha learner Yonda Magubudela reflects […]
OP ED: CORPORAL PUNISHMENT SENDS OUT MESSAGE THAT IT’S OKAY TO ABUSE LEARNERS
*Published by The Sunday Independent on 28 April By Ntsiki Dlulani (Head of Equal Education Western Cape), Chwayita Wenana (Deputy Head of Equal Education Western Cape) and Western Cape Equaliser Vuyo Tswelekile The Constitution asserts various rights: protection of learners from being subjected to corporal punishment; freedom and security of the person, which includes the […]
OP ED: BASIC EDUCATION – SA STILL STRUGGLES TO FULFILL A RIGHTS COVENANT MANDELA SIGNED IN 1994
*Published in November 2018 by The Daily Maverick By Demichelle Petherbridge (Equal Education Law Centre attorney), Mbekezeli Benjamin (Equal Education Law Centre attorney) and Hopolang Selebalo (Equal Education Co-Head of Research) In 1994 President Mandela signed the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, signalling South Africa’s commitment to fulfilling and protecting fundamental […]
OP ED: REVIEW OF SCHOOL FEEDER ZONES
*Published in September 2018 by City Press By Angela Bukenya (Equal Education Researcher) and Nurina Ally (Executive Director Equal Education Law Centre)
