Many parents fear prosecution by authorities if they fail to register their children for home education. It is believed that the BELA Act has closed all loopholes and there are no just causes not to register anymore. Apart from closing loopholes, the BELA Act has also increased the penalty for non-compliance to a one year jail sentence. This believe has created a lot of fear in the home education movement and...

In a recent post on X, Minister Siviwe Gwarube, Minister of Basic Education, stated: ‘BELA Bill: The Bill seeks to have all home education children registered. Every government which is a sovereign state would want to know and account for every child in the country in view of the education of children of school-going age.’ (X.com: @GovernmentZA - 16 April 2025)  This statement reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of state sovereignty, parental responsibility,...