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How the Bantu Education Act prevented black children from reaching their full potential.

Black Africans subverted South African apartheid law by holding secret schools, in which they learned maths through playing games. The key was that they are ‘playing’ in English, whereas the laws of the land stated that Africans should be taught in state schools in their native languages, a deliberate attempt to limit the opportunities of Africans.

John Kani explains how the education system was geared to subdue African aspirations and keep them subjugated.

Footage is taken from 'Panorama' 24 June 1957 and 'People's Century' 20 October 1996.