On 11 July 2017, Equal Education members and staff gathered for a peaceful protest outside the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education’s (KZN DOE) offices.
The EELC represents #UniteBehind and Equal Education in a case to review the appointment of the interim board of PRASA, and that board’s decision to suspend its legal panel. This case is of [...]
In Mhlungwana & Others vs The State and Others – Case no. A431/15, members of the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) are challenging the constitutionality of section 12(1)(a) of the [...]
Hilde Kern v HOD: Western Cape Education Department and Four Others On 11 April 2016, the EELC filed papers in the Western Cape High Court on behalf of Mrs Hilde Kern, asking the court to review [...]
Jacobus du Plessis NO & Others v MEC for Education, Western Cape and Others Grootkraal Primary was first threatened in 2011, when the new owners of the land upon which it stood announced [...]
Komape v Minister of Basic Education and Others 5 year old Michael Komape died in January 2014 when he fell into a dilapidated pit toilet at his school in the rural Chebeng Village, in Limpopo. [...]
FEDSAS v MEC for Education, Gauteng and Others The Gauteng Department of Education has introduced a new online system to complement and streamline the admissions application procedure for [...]
After years of campaigning and mobilising led by Equal Education members, the Minister of Basic Education promulgated Regulations Relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School [...]
Thousands of members of Equal Education in Nquthu, Kwa-Zulu Natal, walk more than 10km to school each day, encountering dangerous conditions and arriving at school too tired to focus. The EELC [...]