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...

Of the 10 largest parties, 8 published manifestos for the 2019 national and provincial elections. This article analyses the manifestos of these parties in terms of a number of questions that might be important to home educators. For each party, a number of questions are answered: Does the manifesto list education as an election issue?Does the manifesto mention / acknowledge the role of parents in education?Does the manifesto mention home education?...