This document provides information about education in South African townships. It notes that most South Africans are of black ancestry and speak Bantu languages, with English and Afrikaans also being commonly used. It then focuses on Tshume Primary School, which is supported by the Calabash Trust, and shows pictures of the staff, students at prayers, cooks preparing food, students reading in the library, doing displays, writing poems, and doing math activities. The goal is to bring a creative approach to education and promote literacy to provide opportunities for students.
3. Hungry for Education
Some shacks are
worse than others.
This was taken from
the mini bus on the
way to Tshume
Primary School.
Deprivation and dire
poverty are often the
social backdrop of
education in the
townships.
4. English is the 5th most spoken
language in south Africa
• 79.5% of South • 25% of population
Africans are of black unemployed and
ancestry living on less than
• 9 official Bantu $1.25 a day
languages • 62% under fives
• Afrikaans (of Dutch mortality rate
origin) • 88% literacy.
• English used in • 87% primary school
commerce and public attendance
life.