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South Africa’s Schools, Like the Nation, Are Falling Short

Orlando West High School in Soweto was once a symbol of hope. Now, the school is failing and so are its students

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SOWETO, South Africa—In a far corner of the high school that was once an incubator for black South African luminaries and their children, dozens of students killed time smoking marijuana and nyaope, a crude concoction of heroin and household chemicals.

Sipho Tshabalala, an 18-year-old student, kept a close watch over the drug sellers, customers and lookouts who crowded the lawless patch of schoolyard known as the island. “You find...

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