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Bouwe van der Eems and his wife Debbie have been homeschooling their five children since 2000. Bouwe is actively involved in the Association for Homeschooling and the Pestalozzi Trust and has taken part in various meeting with Department officials since 2004. With his family he has been running the SAHomeschoolers website since 2010.

Homeschooling parents must stand up to avoid that South Africa becomes like Germany


The German Consulate recently arranged an event where Germans and South-Africans could celebrate the constitutions of these two countries. Parents in South Africa can certainly celebrate the freedom that they received with the acceptance of a new constitution in South Africa in 1994. According to the South African constitution, children have the right to parental care. Parental care also includes the transfer of values, because it is your values that determine...

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Can I be a working mom and homeschool?

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  • Is homeschooling legal in South Africa?

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