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The DA calls on Panyaza Lesufi, MEC for Education in Gauteng, to formally renounce his position and comments on the BELA bill which seeks to scapegoat Afrikaans and mother tongue education. It is clear that Lesufi plans to use the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) bill for his racial crusade to vilify Afrikaans in schools. This bill, which seeks to remove the powers of School Governing Bodies (SGBs) and, after an appeal, leave them at the mercy of MECs like Lesufi, is only a tool to further discriminate against Afrikaans as a language and its speakers.

There's concern amongst Afrikaans-speaking communities, as a new set of draft school laws could change SA's educational landscape.

Child Protection Week 2022 has come and gone, overlapping with the start of Youth Month. Both periods are a time for reflecting on the health, safety and well-being of learners in South Africa. It is also a time to sound a warning about the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill of 2021, specifically with respect

Gauteng Health MEC Panyaza Lesufi has hit out at critics of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill and called on the public to endorse it as a possible solution to the racial divide in schools due to language policies.

The civil rights organisation AfriForum once again appeals to the public to condemn the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill, which is available for public input until 15 June 2022. This appeal follows the Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyaza Lesufi’s, criticism yesterday (30 May 2022) against people opposing the BELA Bill. According to media reports, Lesufi stated that the bill is aimed at transformation and that he calls for the idea that children who speak a specific language to be ...