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 […]
Joint statement: Equal Education and the Equal Education Law Centre condemn Operation Dudula’s campaign targeting migrant children from enrolling in public schools
13 August 2025 Joint statement: Equal Education and the Equal Education Law Centre condemn Operation Dudula’s campaign targeting migrant children from enrolling in public schools Equal Education (EE) and the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) unequivocally condemn Operation Dudula’s ongoing campaign to prevent migrant children from enrolling in public schools. The move, which […]
Equal Education Youth Day Media Statement 16 June 2025
Youth Day Reflections: Equal Education expresses deep shock and sadness at the gunning down of four school children in four weeks in Samora Machel, Cape Town. Equal Education (EE) mourns the untimely death of four learners who were tragically murdered within four weeks in Samora Michel, in Cape Town. That this tragedy unfolded so close […]
Equal Education Tertiary Society on the Student Debt Relief Bill
The Equal Education Tertiary Society (EETS) in the Western Cape welcomes the notice of intention to introduce the Student Debt Relief Bill, as gazetted on 28 February 2025. This proposed legislation could represent a critical step toward addressing the student debt crisis that continues to hinder equitable access to higher education in South Africa. On […]
“In 2018, the Department of Basic Education promised to eradicate pit toilets and provide decent sanitation facilities in all public schools by 2022. It’s now 2025, and the DBE has missed all the previous deadlines and there is also a huge possibility that we’d miss this one too. But I hoped that those days were behind us. I know firsthand the impact that poor sanitation has on one’s education. The discomfort, the embarrassment, and the constant worry about health and safety – it’s a burden no learner has to bear” – Equal Education Community Leader
31 March 2025 Media Statement: Unsurprisingly, yet another deadline to eradicate plain pit toilets has been missed. This comes after over a decade of missing multiple promises and shifting deadlines. Minister Siviwe Gwarube, much like the political leadership before her, has failed to priorities the safety of her primary constituency and continues to list a […]