The Right to Education

CCAC #:

0461r

Artwork title:

Artist(s):

Vuyile Voyiya

Year made:

2004

Artwork type:

Sculpture or object

Medium:

Sandblasted onto window panels

Dimensions (mm):

841 x 594

Artwork series:

Images of Human Rights print portfolio – Great African Steps window application

Source:

Installation commissioned by the Architectural Artworks Committee, with permission of the Human Rights Trust

Year acquired:

2004

Installation type:

Integrated artwork

Current location:

On public display

Signage:

Through the lens of a camera, school children are seen in victorious postures, holding banners and rejoicing, celebrating that their struggles for the right to receive a decent education has ended. The camera hints at the artist’s belief that television can be used as an important educational tool, thus emphasising that education does not only take place in schools but has a place in aspects of life.

Themes:

Bill of Rights
Human Rights Day
Soweto Uprising (16 June 1976)

Constitutional links:

Education rights (section 29)

Related constitutional cases:

Hoërskool Ermelo and Another v Head of Department of Education: Mpumalanga and Others (2009)
Governing Body of the Juma Musjid Primary School v Essay NO (2011)
Minister of Basic Education v Basic Education for All (2016)
Minister of Education v Harris (2001)
Section 27 v Minister of Education (2012)

Photographer: Staff
Photo copyright: CCT

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