While race and culture still impact access to our educational system, the main challenge faced today is financial access. The effects of pre-1994 apartheid and access to adequate jobs and a fair education system still impact the employability of many South Africans. This selffulfilling cycle of poverty is a structural issue that non-profit organisations in the education sector are working desperately hard to address. The other more corrosive challenge is that as South Africans we have lost our sense of community.
Having worked in education for 10 years in various phases, schools and education services, it has become apparent that we are often overwhelmed by the challenges we see, and perhaps too often a lot of the blame isbut rather our lack of a sense of community.
