JOINT STATEMENT: Equal Education Law Centre, Equal Education, Children’s Institute, Section 27, Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia, and Lawyers for Human Rights Condemn the recent wave of xenophobia
20 May 2026 The Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), Equal Education (EE), Children’s Institute (CI), SECTION27, KOPANANG AFRICA AGAINST XENOPHOBIA (KAAX), and Lawyers for Human Rights unequivocally condemn the recent wave of intimidation and violence targeting migrant persons, including children, in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. Over the past several months, March and March […]
EQUAL EDUCATION STATEMENT ON THE INQUIRY INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MALADMINISTRATION AND UNETHICAL CONDUCT AT THE EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Urgent action is needed to resolve the school infrastructure crisis in the Eastern Cape. According to the Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) own data, 1,221 schools, or 25% of schools in the province, are either in a “totally unacceptable” condition or are “barely fulfilling their intended purpose.” Learners in many schools are forced to learn […]
Equal Education: The GNU must listen to the people – stop Austerity, stop the VAT hike, do your duty by the Constitution and show up for equality
On Wednesday, 19 February, Equal Education stood united alongside numerous other social movements, students, community based organisations, trade union federations, and civil society groupings in a mass demonstration against austerity budgeting. We stood united in our vision for a freer, more just society. We stood united in our calls for fully funded public services, for progressive […]
EQUAL EDUCATION’S RESPONSE TO THE MTBPS: EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS MUST WASTE LESS, SPEND BETTER!
Equal Education welcomes the tabling of the 2016/17 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. We particularly welcome the additional R143 million given to the Department of Basic Education (DBE), and the swift action taken to ensure that learners in Vuwani do not suffer academically due to the protest action earlier […]
EE is disappointed at the underspending of ASIDI grant and condemns the acceptance of failure by DBE
The DBE and national Treasury presented their 2015/16 fourth quarter results and 2016/17 first quarter results to the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education and the Standing Committee on Appropriations respectively on 23 August 2016. These results reveal that there has once again been severe underspending of the ASIDI grant, despite the first Norms and Standards […]