Unmasking the state of basic education in South Africa

Unmasking the state of basic education in South Africa Maarman, Rouaan The Covid-19 lockdown period laid bare the fibre of South African society: poverty, homelessness, welfare dependence, domestic violence, police and military brutality, healthcare and hunger are all suddenly under national and international scrutiny. From the onset it was clear that, as a nation or a state, we cannot continue to pay lip service to the social justice agenda of the country as the anxious population were suddenly exposed to the inside workings of the national ministries and departments. It was clear that the nexus between the state and the populace is a broken one. There is a global tension about the origin and management of the pandemic, but families in poor communities just want to survive.