Changing education as we knew it If ever there was a time to learn more about homeschooling, it has been the past year and going forward. The pandemic and lockdowns have placed thousands more families in a position to consider home education long-term. As a result, the recent Gauteng home education expo held on 15 May 2021 at the Heartfelt Arena in Pretoria with over 80 exhibitors was the largest one...

Education in dire straits The regulatory environment created by the SA Schools Act (SASA) in 1996 failed to provide the most vulnerable in our society with a quality basic education. It merely replaced race based inequality with class-based inequality. The majority of children attend dysfunctional public schools.Well-functioning model-C schools are affordable to the middle class, but increasingly inaccessible with long waiting lists.Private schools are generally not affordable to the middle class...