- According to a post shared on X by journalist Sihle Mavuso, 300 students have been found enrolled in a school in South Africa without valid documents.
- The revelation comes ahead of a planned national shutdown on June 30 calling on all illegal foreign nationals to leave South Africa
- South Africans reacted with outrage, raising questions about how undocumented children were registered and who was accountable.
South Africa – A South African school in the Germiston area has been found to have 300 learners enrolled without legal documentation, a revelation that has sparked fierce debate online about illegal immigration and the country's porous border controls.
Source: UGC
Journalist Sihle Mavuso shared the information on Twitter on 23 June 2026, with the discovery sparking hundreds of reactions from angry South Africans. The post went viral against the backdrop of a proposed national shutdown on 30 June 2026, which calls for all illegal foreign nationals to leave South Africa.
The name of the school and its province have not been confirmed at the time of publication.
Undocumented Learners and DBE Legislation
Basic Department Education Policy critics say it has amended its laws in recent years to allow undocumented children access to schooling, creating the conditions for the current situation. The move was intended to protect the right to education for vulnerable children, including asylum seekers and refugees, but opponents argue it has been widely abused.
South Africans online questioned how school principals and administrators allowed hundreds of children without proper documentation to formally register and sit in classes.
South Africans react with anger
After this post, a wave of disappointment spread among the citizens who are feeling this Government Prioritizes the needs of undocumented aliens over those of its own people.
@deputyneighbor said:
“What kind of government is this that allows its citizens to suffer and gives priority to giving education to illegal immigrants, this is madness.”
@dramadelinquent wrote:
“How did these children get registered even without the correct documents. When our three children went to school we should have all their documents, otherwise they would not be allowed to go to school.”
@PSAFMophyring commented:
“This is the mess that the law as amended by the DBE has created.”
@magique100 asked:
“Why are they registered in the first place?”
@thabisostefu said:
“If they find any undocumented learner in a school they must be informed and the principal must be held to account.”
The incident gives new impetus to calls for stricter border enforcement and greater accountability within the country's public school system. news in brief We will continue to monitor developments as the national shutdown on June 30 approaches.
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