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JOINT STATEMENT: Equal Education Law Centre, Equal Education, Children’s Institute, Section 27, Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia, and Lawyers for Human Rights Condemn the recent wave of xenophobia

20 May 2026 JOINT STATEMENT: Equal Education Law Centre, Equal Education, Children’s Institute, SECTION 27, Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia, and Lawyers for Human Rights Condemn the recent [...]

Statement: North West High Court rules in favour of best interests of the child in Swartruggens school dispute, following intervention of the Equal Education Law Centre

30 April 2026 Statement: North West High Court rules in favour of the best interests of the child in Swartruggens school dispute, following intervention of the Equal Education Law Centre The [...]

Statement: Equal Education Law Centre launches plain-language guide to the South African Schools Act

28 March 2026 Statement: Equal Education Law Centre launches plain-language guide to the South African Schools Act Today, the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) is launching a comprehensive [...]

Statement: Equal Education Law Centre enters Swartruggens school dispute as friend of the court to ensure learner and parent voices are heard

12 March 2026 Statement: Equal Education Law Centre enters Swartruggens school dispute as friend of the court to ensure learner and parent voices are heard Today, 12 March 2026, the Equal [...]

Statement: Budget 2026 – Stop sacrificing education at the altar of austerity

23 February 2026 Statement: Budget 2026—Stop sacrificing education at the altar of austerity This Wednesday, 25 February 2026, Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana will deliver his Budget Speech [...]

Statement: The Equal Education Law Centre intervenes to defend learners’ Constitutional right to education in Swartruggens Gekombineerde Skool admission dispute

19 February 2026 Statement: The Equal Education Law Centre intervenes to defend learners’ Constitutional right to education in Swartruggens Gekombineerde Skool admission dispute Today, 19 [...]

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 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, [...]

Joint statement: The Western Cape High Court finds the Western Cape Education Department’s Learner Admissions’ system unfairly discriminates against Black and marginalised learners

4 December 2025 Joint statement: The Western Cape High Court finds the Western Cape Education Department’s Learner Admissions’ system unfairly discriminates against Black and marginalised [...]

Joint statement: Equal Education and the Equal Education Law Centre mark Transport Month by calling for safe, reliable and equitable scholar transport for all learners

23 October 2025 Joint statement: Equal Education and the Equal Education Law Centre mark Transport Month by calling for safe, reliable and equitable scholar transport for all learners October is [...]

Joint statement: Open letter to Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis

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 as [...]