When School Fees Close the Doors of Learning: A Grandmother’s Victory Against Socio-Economic Exclusion
By: Emihle Majikija The transition from primary to secondary school often brings new possibilities, hopes, and beginnings for a learner. In November of 2024, Zethu* received news that her granddaughter, Gugu*, had been provisionally accepted into the 2025 Grade 8 class at Hyde Park High School – a fee-paying public school in the leafy, affluent suburbs of Sandton, north of Johannesburg. Zethu let out a sigh of relief. Unlike Continue Reading