R6,600 a month to catch up: Inside SA’s costly private tutoring market
Daily Maverick | 25.09.2026 17:30
When the term report lands and the maths mark is in the red, many South African parents face a familiar dread: another term gone, another set of concepts missed – and no affordable way to stop the slide. In South Africa’s booming private tutoring market, one-to-one lessons can reach up to R750 an hour, pricing out the very learners who need support most, especially in matric.
