This article examines access to the right to basic education enshrined in the South African Constitution. Underpinned by the human rights-based approach, the study employed survey questionnaires and in-depth interviews as methods of data collection. The results of the study revealed that the majority of the survey respondents contend that the post-apartheid state has fulfilled the right to basic education only to a small extent notwithstanding the existence of pre-schools, primary, and secondary schools located within a reasonable walking distance from the communities. Preference for the three classes was not equally distributed in the population, X2 (2, N= 500) = 99.68, p < 0.05. On the contrary, the majority of government participants interviewed rated the post-apartheid state fulfillment of the right to basic education in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality as fair. Overall, all the government participants had a moderate view regarding the fulfillment of the right.

本文探讨了《南非宪法》所规定的获得基础教育权的途径。在基于人权的方法的基础上，该研究采用了调查问卷和深度访谈作为数据收集的方法。研究结果表明，大多数被调查者认为，尽管存在处于合理步行距离之内的学前，小学和中学，但种族隔离后的州仅在很小的程度上实现了基础教育的权利。与社区的距离。这三个类别的偏好在总体中分布不均，X2（2，N = 500）= 99.68，p <0.05。相反，接受采访的大多数政府参与者都将种族隔离制度在布法罗市大都会区对基础教育权的实现视为公平。总体而言，所有政府参与者对权利的实现都持温和的态度。