Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: Facts and Uninformed Bias

The Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill seeks to amend the South African Schools Act of 1996. Since its introduction in January 2022, the Bill has been criticised by parents, civil society organisations and opposition Political Parties in the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.

Some of this criticism amounts to uninformed bias and malicious prejudice, rather than fact.

We separate the facts from the uninformed bias, and name the provocateurs.