Groundup asked educationist Paula Ensor to provide a summary of the recently passed Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act ...

The BELA bill was initiated in 2017 to amend the South African Schools Act of 1996, and Employment of Educators Act of 1998. The law was finally passed by the National Assembly in May 2024.

The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education, Ms Joy Maimela, today took pains to emphasise the importance of implementing the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act in its entirety, ...

South Africa’s president signed the Basic Education Laws Amendment bill into law, despite fierce opposition from critics.

The Foundation for Rights of Expression and Equality (Free SA) has written to Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, ...

Section 4 of the Bela Act gives the department greater control over admissions policy, while section 5 compels school ...

Speaking to IOL, Solidarity head, Werner Human said Gwarube asked them to prolong or extend the deadline date, as she was ...

Earlier in January, lobby groups, Solidarity Movement and AfriForum, sent letters of demand to President Cyril Ramaphosa and ...

The organisation, alongside AfriForum, earlier in January, sent letters of demand to President Cyril Ramaphosa and Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube over the promulgation of the act.

AfriForum and Solidarity have accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of acting irrationally over the implementation of the BELA Act.