INTERVIEW: Siviwe Gwarube targets 7 million children in structured ECD programmes by 2030

South Africa’s Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, is targeting seven million children in structured early learning programmes by 2030, framing early childhood development as vital to fixing literacy and boosting GDP. Through the Bana Pele registration drive, expanded subsidy access and targeted nutrition initiatives, she aims to eliminate red tape and bridge the country’s stark inequality gap from the ground up.