'Learning with 216 eyes watching you is hard' - EC schools battle long distances and overcrowding

Thirty years after the first democratic elections, learners in the Eastern Cape and across the country are still facing fundamental challenges when it comes to realising their constitutionally-enshrined right to education.

• 30 years of democracy
• Elections 2024
• Eastern Cape

An overcrowded classroom at the Mnceba High School in the Eastern Cape, 18 April 2024. Picture: Jacques Nelles/Eyewitness News