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The basic education department has been at pains to clarify that comprehensive sexuality education is not sex education and that the lessons have been part of life orientation classes since 2000. (Flickr)
LEAVEOURKIDSALONE

Online group wants new curriculum to make a #sexit

Sexuality education is a UN plot to take over SA, claims pro-parent social media group

  • Lester Kiewit
4 min read
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: The NGO Action Breaks Silence runs the Hero
COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION

Romeo and Juliet are sexting: Will SA’s new sex-ed prepare kids for life and love?

From “sinister sexual behaviours” to “lies” and efforts to “manufacture ignorance”, Joan van Dyk looks at the high-stakes sex-ed fight

  • Joan Van Dyk
12 min read
The narrative that sex education is dangerous to children is common among United States conservative “pro-family” advocacy groups. (Flickr)
COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION

America’s right is lobbying against South Africa’s sex education syllabus

Lobby group FOR SA is backed by the US Christian right. Its latest target is South Africa’s increasingly inclusive sex education lesson plans

  • Haley Mcewen
5 min read