When the president signed the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act on 13 September, contentious Clauses 4 and 5 were put on hold, allowing for a three-month consultation period. On 5 November, Solidarity, the DA, Afriforum, and the Freedom Front held a protest at the Voortrekker monument, in which 10,000 people participated. On 28 November it was announced that a settlement was reached between Solidarity, the Presidency and the Minister of...

Before the BELA Bill was signed into law, the home education movement was united in its opposition to the bill. However, after the president signed the bill, and it became law, two distinct perspectives on home education registration and the BELA Act are emerging. The first advocates for homeschooling freedom through "lawful non-compliance," arguing that there are valid reasons why failure to register may not be prosecutable. The additional restrictive registration...