Lenz@70 Teacher’s Reunion

The LENZ@70 Project marks the 70th anniversary of Lenasia, a township established in the 1950s under apartheid’s Group Areas Act as a segregated area for South Africans of Indian descent. Beyond a commemoration of place, the project is a living archive that captures the community’s educational, cultural, and social journey — tracing how learning became a cornerstone of Lenasia’s resilience and progress. Education has always stood at the heart of Lenasia’s development. From the earliest makeshift classrooms and religious schools in the 1950s to the establishment of secondary schools and technical colleges in later decades, education served as both a tool of liberation and a pathway out of systemic exclusion. Despite limited resources and racial segregation, teachers and parents built institutions that nurtured generations of professionals, activists, and civic leaders. To celebrate the contribution of the many educators who have served education in Lenasia down the years, the Lenz@70 project hosted a Teacher’s Reunion on 25 October 2025 at Alpha Primary School. Photographs by Yunus Chamda, Silver Cloud Creations and '“Agsie’ Pillay.