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Submitted | first-name | support | top-concern | message |
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2026-05-24 14:15:16 +02:00 | Sanet | No I do not | All of the above | Our education system should Not accept donations form foreign bodies. Do not sell our young minds to these colonialist inhumane ideologies. |
2026-05-24 14:15:16 +02:00 | Sanet | No I do not | All of the above | Our education system should Not accept donations form foreign bodies. Do not sell our young minds to these colonialist inhumane ideologies. |
2026-05-24 01:06:19 +02:00 | Carike | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | |
2026-05-24 00:47:12 +02:00 | Carike | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-05-23 12:08:30 +02:00 | Liesl-Luaan | No I do not | All of the above | Stop pushing minority ideals on our children! |
2026-05-23 08:54:56 +02:00 | Ruan | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-05-21 14:42:31 +02:00 | daniel | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-05-21 13:18:50 +02:00 | Craig | No I do not | Undermining of religious/spiritual values | I am opposed to the ECE Toolkit because I do not believe that gender identity teaching belongs in any school, and especially not in pre-primary or primary schools. Children should be allowed to be children. Schools should focus on education, discipline, safety, literacy, numeracy, life skills, and age-appropriate learning. They should not be used to teach children contested ideas about gender identity. This is particularly concerning for very young children in pre-primary and primary school. Children at that age are still developing emotionally, mentally, and socially. They should not be exposed to confusing or sensitive identity-based teaching that many parents believe should be dealt with at home. I also object because this breaches my religious beliefs. Many families have sincere religious convictions about sex, gender, identity, and family. A public school should not promote teachings that conflict with those beliefs or place children in a position where they are taught ideas that contradict what their parents believe. Parents, not the state or schools, should decide how and when their children are taught about these sensitive issues. Any programme dealing with gender identity should not be introduced without full transparency, parental consent, and meaningful public participation. For these reasons, I oppose the ECE Toolkit being introduced in schools, particularly in pre-primary and primary schools. |
2026-05-21 10:59:15 +02:00 | Roger | No I do not | All of the above | I oppose the ECE Toolkit because it introduces gender identity concepts into early childhood classrooms, at an age when children should be focused on literacy, numeracy, and social development. Parents across South Africa have warned that this undermines the family’s role in teaching traditional male and female identities and risks confusing young children. Beyond age‑appropriateness, parents object to the lack of consultation, the foreign funding influence (R40 million from Belgium’s VVOB), and the pilot rollout without transparency in KwaZulu‑Natal and other provinces. They also raise safety concerns about bathroom access policies and question why South African education is being shaped by external ideological agendas rather than local cultural values. Globally, the numbers show how disproportionate this policy emphasis is. Reliable surveys (e.g., Williams Institute, UCLA 2022) estimate that transgender people make up about 0.5–0.6% of the world’s population. Yet this tiny minority is driving sweeping changes in education policy worldwide, while other minority groups with far larger representation — such as people with severe disabilities (~15% of the global population, WHO), or indigenous peoples (~6% globally, UN) — are not afforded the same world‑changing influence over curricula. Parents ask: why is this one issue allowed to run roughshod over the rest of society’s norms, especially in strongly Christian communities where traditional male/female roles are taught? Evidence of turmoil is clear. In the UK, the Tavistock gender clinic was shut down in 2022 after a government review found children were referred for interventions without adequate safeguards. In the US, backlash from Christian parents led to laws like Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education Act” (2022), restricting early‑grade gender teaching after reports of confusion and conflict in schools. These cases show how policies prioritizing gender ideology over parental rights fracture communities, ero |
2026-05-21 02:14:19 +02:00 | Audrey | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | |
2026-05-20 21:36:20 +02:00 | Hason | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-05-20 15:15:13 +02:00 | Darae | No I do not | All of the above | This is a sick and ungodly bill. Anyone who wishes to teach such ungodly and immoral ideology, which is utterly destructive to any society, is a sick and demented person. You have no right to force such wrong, fabricated, and destructive ideologies to the minds of our children. |
2026-05-20 09:44:17 +02:00 | Angie | No I do not | Undermining of religious/spiritual values | |
2026-05-20 09:17:30 +02:00 | Roche | No I do not | All of the above | I wish to raise my concern regarding the introduction of the ECE Toolkit in primary and pre-primary education. As a parent/community member who believes in Christian values, I believe that children are created with dignity and purpose, and that teachings on identity, sexuality, and family should respect each family's own core values, biological reality, and the moral convictions of those families. The family is the primary place where children are nurtured, guided, and formed. Parents have both the responsibility and the right to direct the moral, spiritual, and social upbringing of their children. Any programme that introduces sensitive concepts around gender identity should therefore be transparent, age-appropriate, and subject to meaningful parental consultation and consent. I believe education should protect the innocence of young children, uphold the sanctity of the family, and respect the right of families to self-determine according to their faith and conscience. I therefore respectfully object to any curriculum or training material that promotes gender identity concepts outside biological boundaries without clear disclosure and parental approval. |
2026-05-20 06:42:07 +02:00 | Herman | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | |
2026-05-19 17:17:03 +02:00 | Edouard | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | |
2026-05-19 16:37:58 +02:00 | Patricia | No I do not | Undermining of religious/spiritual values | God created man and women. We would do well to remember that and not have to account one day for destroying souls, especially innocent young ones. |
2026-05-18 17:38:19 +02:00 | Deon | No I do not | All of the above | State is NEVER above the Bible. Two genders. MALE and FEMALE. So State should stop intervering with things they know nothing about |
2026-05-18 08:18:31 +02:00 | R | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-05-17 16:02:25 +02:00 | Roxanne | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-05-16 22:58:31 +02:00 | Truida | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-05-16 12:59:05 +02:00 | Khanyisa | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | As a parent I will train my kids on values and everything needed to navigate life. Government does not need to intervene and indoctrinate a child, most certainly not at such a young age. |
2026-05-15 18:38:53 +02:00 | Nomahlubi | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-05-15 15:25:46 +02:00 | Monique | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | This is completely inappropriate and crosses a line the state has no business crossing. Issues of identity, values and beliefs are deeply personal and belong within the family. Parents have the right and responsibility to guide their children in these areas. Schools should focus on education, not step into the psychological and moral development of young children. The age group makes this even more concerning. These are early developmental years. Introducing complex identity concepts at that stage risks confusion rather than clarity. This goes beyond education into shaping belief systems. Schools should be neutral spaces for learning, not platforms for promoting any specific ideological perspective. Regardless of the intent, the state should not influence how young children interpret deeply personal aspects of who they are. There is also a real risk of creating tension between schools and families. When schools introduce content that conflicts with family values, children are caught in the middle. That is not supportive, it is disruptive. The education system already struggles with basic literacy, numeracy and teaching quality. Adding complex, controversial content at pre-primary level is clearly misaligned with core priorities. This is not appropriate because it: intrudes into parental responsibility introduces complex topics too early bypasses proper public consultation risks promoting a specific ideology creates conflict between schools and families The state’s role is education, not shaping personal identity in young children. This is something parents should handle. Not the state. |
2026-05-15 13:06:41 +02:00 | S | No I do not | Establishment of the DBE’s Social Inclusion Unit | This does not belong in schools! We do not need to teach this ideology to our children! Can the government rather focus on fixing our education system as a whole because we are failing our children the right to basic education! |
2026-05-15 12:29:50 +02:00 | rudi willem | No I do not | All of the above | Leave us alone. Trans is not a real issue in SA. |
2026-05-13 20:50:05 +02:00 | Schalk | No I do not | All of the above | This is one of the rare cases where we can observe the effects of an idea implemented in first world countries while deciding whether or not to implement it here. The indoctrination of young children with this ideology has had such disastrous outcomes in such a short time throughout Europe and in the United States, that it should be painfully clear to us that this is a bullet to dodge. The personal reasons do not even matter that much. There are plenty examples of early adopters now back peddling and being much more cautious about enforcing this ideology. Children need stability first and foremost. They need certainty. Teaching acceptance is sufficient. Our world has advanced enough for them to be able to figure it out at a later age when their reasoning matures. |
2026-05-10 01:11:05 +02:00 | G | No I do not | All of the above | Children do not need to be sexually groomed or confused by a non- scientific ideology. This has no place in schools |
2026-05-09 01:45:10 +02:00 | Emma | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-05-07 13:20:40 +02:00 | Andrew | No I do not | All of the above | This is disgusting. The South African people do not support this absolutely insane Western ideology! No school in this country should be allowed to teach this, not government nor private. |
2026-05-07 00:49:26 +02:00 | Deborah | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-05-06 16:17:30 +02:00 | Tracy | No I do not | All of the above | I object to any policy, curriculum, programme, counselling approach, or institutional practice that introduces children to gender identity, gender transition, social transition, puberty blockers, or related matters without prior parental knowledge, consultation, and consent. As a parent, I have the primary responsibility to guide and protect my child’s physical, psychological, moral, spiritual, and emotional development. Any programme affecting children must place the best interests of the child first and must respect parental rights, freedom of conscience, religious belief, bodily and psychological integrity, and age-appropriate education. No school, government body, outside organisation, or third party has the lawful authority to compel a child or family to adopt beliefs, language, identity frameworks, or moral positions that conflict with the family’s conscience, faith, parental judgment, or understanding of biological reality. Where a child experiences gender-related distress, the matter should be handled with proper safeguarding, clinical care, parental involvement, and caution. It should not be presented to children as ideology, social influence, or an assumed pathway toward social or medical transition. I request full transparency regarding any related lesson content, policies, counselling practices, outside facilitators, pronoun policies, referral pathways, or materials presented to children. Parents must be given proper notice, the opportunity to review such content, and the right to object or withdraw their child where appropriate. My objection is not directed at the dignity or safety of any person. It is directed at institutional overreach, lack of parental consent, age-inappropriate content, compelled ideological participation, and any practice that may undermine the best interests of the child. |
2026-05-05 20:12:10 +02:00 | Victoria | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | It is a parents right to teach our kids properly, it is not right to confuse small children about gender, a boy is a boy and a girl is a girl. When they are adults they can choose what they want to be, it should not be forced in schools. |
2026-05-05 18:42:48 +02:00 | Shaun | Yes I do | Other | Education of diversity, sexuality, personal identity, sex and gender expression is really important at younger ages to prevent future bullying and discrimination. If children better understand what choices they have, and the consequences of those choices they will inherently be much safer and be able to make much better informed choices. Religion is a much more dangerous topic, and is already taught in many schools, so this should also be. |
2026-05-03 10:52:46 +02:00 | S | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | ! |
2026-05-02 09:27:21 +02:00 | Magdalena | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | |
2026-05-01 21:48:04 +02:00 | Dave | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-05-01 13:42:52 +02:00 | Steph | No I do not | Undermining of religious/spiritual values | |
2026-05-01 13:35:56 +02:00 | Charl | No I do not | All of the above | I hereby record my strong objection to the implementation of the Gender-Responsive Pedagogy for Early Childhood Education, also referred to as the ECE Toolkit, within South African pre-primary and primary schools. My objection is not based on opposition to respect, kindness, dignity, or the fair treatment of any person. Children should be taught not to bully, mock, exclude, or mistreat others. However, this Toolkit appears to go far beyond ordinary anti-bullying or equality education. It introduces sensitive ideological concepts relating to gender identity, pronouns, and access to facilities according to gender identity to very young children, including children between the ages of 0 and 9. In my view, this is wholly inappropriate for early childhood education. Parents, not the State, carry the primary responsibility for the moral, cultural, religious, and personal development of their children. The government has no right to introduce worldview-based teaching on deeply sensitive identity issues without proper public consultation, parental consent, and transparent debate. These matters affect the values, beliefs, family structures, and religious convictions of millions of South African households. I am particularly concerned that the Toolkit appears to encourage educators to ask young children about preferred names and pronouns and to teach that gender identity should not be assumed. At such a young age, children are still developing emotionally, mentally, and socially. Introducing complex and contested concepts about gender identity at this stage risks confusing children rather than helping them. A young boy should be free to play with dolls and remain a boy. A young girl should be free to be a tomboy and remain a girl. Children should not be placed under pressure to interpret ordinary childhood preferences as questions of gender identity. Any serious discussion on such matters should involve parents directly and should be handled with extreme care. It should |
2026-05-01 10:10:29 +02:00 | Ettiene | No I do not | All of the above |