Township

A look at South Africa in the post-apartheid era, where the gap between rich and poor has not closed — it has whitened.

In poor communities around the world, many kids fail at school. But some succeed. How? What obstacles do students who live in poverty face, and how do they overcome them? How do some public schools give kids a great education, despite limited resources?

Earlier this week, reporter Anders Kelto asked a student at COSAT why she had missed class. In perfectly measured tones, she told a truly heart-breaking story, and one that revealed some of the challenges of teaching in Khayelitsha.

The World’s Anders Kelto spent a day photographing students at the Centre of Science and Technology (COSAT) in Cape Town, South Africa. COSAT is a magnet school for high-achieving students in the densely populated township of Khayelitsha. This slideshow is part of the year-long series, TITLE TO COME.