The South African education system has seen many changes related to cultural, political and social issues. There has always been a concern about equal academic opportunities for all races in South Africa. Where most black South African students are disadvantaged and white students have advantages. It was not until 1994 that the situation changed slightly for black students in South Africa. This year marks the end of apartheid. Theoretically, non-white students were now offered the same education as whites. Although in South Africa there are still some areas where the government should provide more beneficial teaching and learning to all non-white students. These challenges that South African education systems have gone through and are currently influencing further equality of opportunity for black South African students. The question posed by this research paper is: How does education vary for black and white students in South Africa, after the end of apartheid? There are still economic, political, and racial difficulties for non-white individuals. Education Against Apartheid: Apartheid was a very traumatic time for black people in South Africa. Apartheid is the act of literally separating the races, white and non-white, and by 1948, apartheid was now legal and enforced by the government. South African police began enforcing the resettlement of black South Africans along tribal lines, which diminished their political influence and created white supremacy. After relocating black South Africans, this gave whites approximately eighty percent of South Africa's land. Jonathan Jansen and Nick Taylor state: "The population is approximately 78 percent black, 10 percent white, 9 percent mixed race, and middle of paper...... African government, but there is still discrete shapes. of inequalities there. Ishaan Tharoor says: “Protesters at the University of Cape Town, one of Africa's most prestigious universities, dropped a bucket of human excrement on a statue of Cecil Rhodes, the swaggering 19th century British business magnate century” (2015). This most recent article shows how black students still feel unwelcome in college, due to their racial identity. The statue represents the time when the British colonized South Africa, which led to apartheid. The fact that black students are standing up for themselves reveals that they are tired of seeing this statue of a man who is somehow responsible for encouraging apartheid. However, the racial barriers faced by black students in South Africa will continue to influence change towards equal educational opportunities, and perhaps one day they will..