The Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill, better known as the BELA (Basic Education Laws Amendment) Bill, is currently being considered by Parliament. If approved unchanged, it will result in the biggest changes to South African education since 1996. Our current education system is based on the Schools Act of 1996. According to its preamble, this law is designed to establish a uniform system of education. Indeed, it has led to an...

Freedom of education in the best interests of children is more important than ever. In the home education community, the contentious problem of the BELA Bill is not a new one. New homeschooling families who have entered the playing field due to the pandemic over the past two years have come to see that home education legislation is not supportive and if the BELA Bill is passed as law in its...