El Shaddai Swazi

03/02/2026

Hands on learning for our grade 0 students.

17/01/2026

I got over 10 reactions on one of my posts last week! Thanks everyone for your support! 🎉

07/12/2025

Love to listen to them sing during chapel.

06/12/2025

Celebrations as the grade zero students celebrate the end of the year.

26/10/2025

David went on a college/university tour with his classmates. Next year is his final year in High school.

12/10/2025

WHAT HAPPENS ONCE POOR CHILDREN COMPLETE PRIMARY SCHOOL?

In March 2009, the High Court of Swaziland ruled that every child attending primary school had a constitutional right to free education and that the government had a duty to provide education free to every child in public school.

The ruling came following an urgent case brought by the Swaziland National Ex-Miners Workers Association (SNEMA), an association of former mine workers that took it upon itself to fight for the rights of children to free education.

While everyone was celebrating this landmark victory, reality soon hit home when as always, the tinkhundla government couldn't provide this free education. Soon enough, parents were asked to pay the so-called top-up fees, which was the difference between what government paid and what the school needed. Though these top-up fees were less than what they ordinarily would've paid, but some parents struggle even to pay them.

The purpose of this post is to ask that what then happens to children from poor families once they finish primary school?

Secondary education in Swaziland is very expensive and even public schools charge fees that many families cannot afford. If a parent struggles to pay top-up fees for “free” primary school, how can that same parent be expected to afford high school? The result, we say, is that thousands of young people stop their education too early not because they want but because their families simply cannot pay. They simply drop out of school once they complete primary school.

This is why some of us keep calling on Social Justice to be placed at the center of our political discussions. It is not just a slogan but the heart of what a fair and just society should look like and this is where progressive political parties should step in.

They must tell us clearly what their education policies are and how they plan to ensure that no child is not educated because of poverty.

22/08/2025

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26/05/2025

I got over 20 reactions on one of my posts last week! Thanks everyone for your support! 🎉

24/05/2025

Produced and Narrated by David. Currently in Grade 11.

22/05/2025

Souls for Swaziland. God bless you and thank you for a fun day with our children.

03/05/2025

Happy birthday Barry. You are growing into a handsome young man.