TY - JOUR
AU - Nkoana, Tshiamo
AB - Book Reviews Journal of Transformative Education 2020, Vol. 18(3) 251-259 ª The Author(s) 2020 Book Reviews Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions journals.sagepub.com/home/jtd Spaull, N., & Jansen, J. D. (Eds.). (2019). South African schooling: The enigma of inequality. Springer. 384 pp. $101.42 (hardcover). ISBN: 978-3-030-18810-8. Reviewed by: Gaopalelwe Mathiba, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Tshiamo Nkoana, Department of Basic Education, South Africa DOI: 10.1177/1541344620920981 In South African Schooling: The Enigma of Inequality, Spaull and Jansen, two internationally renowned experts in education, assemble an impressive group of leading scholars, educationalists, and economists to analyze the historical and con- temporary dynamics of the education sector in South Africa. Central to this analysis is the state of equity and access in the present-day South African schools. The golden thread argument throughout the book is that the country’s schooling system pre- sently perpetuates the predictable fault lines, inequalities, and legacies of the apart- heid regime. These ensue despite small- and large-scale interventions to bring about change in pursuit of equality (the sameness of treatment) and equity (the differen- tiated treatment through, for example, redistribution of resources from the privileged to the needy schools). Collectively, the different chapters in this book make a strong case 
TI - Book Review: South African schooling: The enigma of inequality
JF - Journal of Transformative Education
DO - 10.1177/1541344620920981
DA - 2020-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/book-review-south-african-schooling-the-enigma-of-inequality-0gLR1I5Tzs
SP - 251
EP - 253
VL - 18
IS - 3
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