Ahead of Youth Day, Equal Education marched to Parliament, saying that 50 years after the 1976 uprising, learners from marginalised communities are still fighting for access to safe and properly resourced schools.
Equal Education has called on the Western Cape government to urgently place all learners who remain out of school before the start of the third quarter, following a Youth Day protest that placed renewed focus on learner admissions, overcrowding and access to education in marginalised communities.
The organisation marched to parliament ahead of Youth Day, delivering a memorandum to Premier Alan Winde and Education MEC David Maynier, demanding that all unplaced learners be accommodated by July 20.
This protest coincided with the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto uprising, during which Equal Education highlighted that many Black learners in the Western Cape continue to struggle for access to quality education, safe classrooms, and adequate resources.
In its June 15 memorandum, Equal Education recalled that over 2,000 learners from Langa, Nyanga, and Gugulethu marched in 1976 for better educational opportunities.
