As the 2026 school year begins, the 2025 National Senior Certificate results once again expose the deep inequalities in South Africa’s education system. Nationally, the pass rate rose to 88%, yet the Eastern Cape recorded the lowest provincial pass rate at 84.17%. While many learners deserve celebration, these results also demand renewed attention to the […]
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Next week, public interest lawyers, activists and community organisers gather at Wits University for the Public Interest Law Gathering on 22 to 23 October under the theme “Unfinished Freedom: interrogating the leaps between legal promises and lived realities.” The title is well chosen. South Africa’s institutions have accumulated policies, frameworks and court rulings that ought […]
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The Legal Resources Centre’s Fight for Quality Education: A Legacy of Advocacy and Change Education is a fundamental right guaranteed by South Africa’s Constitution, and since its founding in 1979, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has been at the forefront of ensuring that every child, regardless of their background, has access to safe and equitable […]