URGENT CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION IN EASTERN CAPE SCHOOLS
Click here to read: URGENT CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION IN EASTERN CAPE SCHOOLS (1) URGENT CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION IN EASTERN CAPE SCHOOLS As Equal Education, we are extremely disappointed and deeply concerned that, after five weeks, teaching and learning have still not resumed at some schools in the Eastern […]
Equal Education, in collaboration with the Malala Fund, stands against the prohibition of education for young girls under Taliban rule.
Malala Fund_ Proposed Media Statement […]
National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) system failures continue to leave students out in the cold
NSFAS Media Statement 13_08_2026 Equal Education, Youth Capital, and student leaders from different universities and TVET colleges across the country demand greater accountability and improved performance from NSFAS, following a tense day of student mobilisation that ultimately forced the Scheme to engage with the young people it had committed to meeting. On the 11th […]
50 YEARS AFTER 1976, BLACK LEARNERS FROM WORKING CLASS FAMILIES AND MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR ACCESS TO EDUCATION
50 YEARS AFTER 1976, BLACK LEARNERS FROM WORKING CLASS FAMILIES AND MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR ACCESS TO EDUCATION
EQUAL EDUCATION MEDIA ALERT […]
50 YEARS AFTER 1976, BLACK LEARNERS FROM WORKING CLASS FAMILIES AND MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR ACCESS TO EDUCATION
MEDIA STATEMENT MARCH NOTICE […]
THE REAL STATE OF THE PROVINCE ADDRESS – WESTERN CAPE – BY PREMIER ALAN WINDE
THE REAL STATE OF THE PROVINCE ADDRESS – WESTERN CAPE – BY PREMIER ALAN WINDE 24 FEBRUARY 2026 ISIVIVANA CENTRE, KHAYELITSHA Honourable General Secretary of the Equal Education Honourable Deputy General Secretary Honourable Head of Province Honourable Organisers and Community Leaders Honourable Leaders of Fellow Social Justice Organisations Honourable Parents and community members Members of […]
Safe scholar transport should not be a privilege but a norm!
Equal Education is devastated to learn of the tragic vehicle collision that took the lives of about 12 learners on Monday, 19 January 2026. Our deepest condolences to the families who have lost loved ones and are currently in mourning. We also send our heartfelt thoughts to the learners who are in the hospital recovering […]
Joint statement: Equal Education and the Equal Education Law Centre in the Supreme Court of Appeal to challenge the introduction of collaboration schools, donor-funded schools, and intervention facilities by the Western Cape Provincial School Education Amendment Act
8 December 2025 #PublicSchoolDemocracy On 9 December 2025, Equal Education (EE), represented by the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), will be at the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) to challenge the Western Cape High Court’s decision regarding collaboration schools, donor-funded schools, and intervention facilities introduced under the Western Cape Provincial School Education Amendment Act 4 […]
KU-EQUAL EDUCATION KANYE NE- EQUAL EDUCATION LAW CENTRE UBUNGAZA INYANGA YEZOKUTHUTHA NGOKUBIZA IHULUMENI UKUTHI ANIKE ABAFUNDI UHLELO LOKUTHUTHA OLUPHEPHILE, OLUTHEMBEKILE NOLULINGANAYO.
23 October 2025 Inyanga kaMfumfu, inyanga yokubungaza ezokuthutha eNingizimu Afrika- iskhathi sokucabangisisa ngokuthi ukuhamba okuphephile kuhlanganisa kanjani abantu namathuba. Njengoba sibungaza iNyanga Yezokuthutha u-Equal Education(EE) kanye ne-Equal Education Law Centre(EELC) uqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwethu ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi wonke umfundi uyakwazi ukuya esikolweni ngokuphepha, ngokwethembeka nangokuhlonipheka. Uhlelo lokuthutha abafundi akusilo ilungelo elikhethekile, kodwa liyingxenye ebalulekile yelungelo […]
Joint Open Letter : Ndifuna Ukwazi, Equal Education and Equal Education Law Centre
17 October 2025 Dear Geordin Hill-Lewis, Equal Education (EE), the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), and Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU) are appalled by your recent remark dismissing spatial apartheid […]
Why We are Here: Statement on The National Dialogue 15 August 2025 from Civil Society groups
This National Dialogue is flawed, and its ambitions, in this form, may be unrealistic. Yet it marks a radical departure from past government-led engagements. In some ways, it is a quiet admission: the fate of the nation cannot be left to a government that has poor political will and evidently no solutions. For once, the […]