PBS News Hour

Changing South Africa's 'abysmal legacy' in black education

It’s been 25 years since the end of apartheid in South Africa, but parts of the brutal era’s legacy still linger. Ensuring that all South Africans receive an equal education, for example, remains an elusive challenge. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on two unusual efforts to improve education and economic opportunity for black students in South Africa.

Changing South Africa's 'abysmal legacy' in black education

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