We stepped away for a while. Not because we stopped caring — never that. But life moves, circumstances change, and sometimes even the people who are most committed to something need to pause, recalibrate, and come back stronger. We're back. And we want to talk to you.
To every teacher we've ever placed — in the UAE, in Kuwait, in Qatar, in Sudan, in China, here at home in South Africa — thank you. You trusted us with something significant. You trusted us with your career, your livelihood, and in many cases, your family's future. We have never taken that lightly. Not once.
Why we're back.
We never really left in spirit. The relationships we built over nearly 30 years don't disappear because the office goes quiet. The teachers we placed kept recommending us to colleagues. The schools we worked with kept asking after us. That doesn't happen by accident. It happens because something real was built — and real things last.
When we look at the landscape for South African teachers today — the frustrations in the classroom, the administrative burden, the feeling that your talent is being underutilised — we see a problem we know how to help with. There are extraordinary opportunities out there for qualified, passionate SA teachers. The Middle East is still asking for them. International schools across the globe are still asking for them. And local schools right here in the Western Cape and across South Africa need good teachers too.
We came back because the work still matters. And because you still deserve someone in your corner.
What's the same.
Everything that made Eduplace what it is. The personal approach. The honest conversations. The refusal to treat teachers like a commodity or schools like a transaction. We are still boutique by choice — we will never sacrifice quality for volume. Every CV we receive is read by a person. Every school we work with is one we genuinely believe in.
We are still a family operation. The values Robert Howard built this agency on in 1996 — care, transparency, and the belief that placing a teacher is a meaningful act — remain the foundation of everything we do. They always will.
What's new.
We are back in South Africa with renewed energy and a sharper focus. We have updated everything — our process, our reach, our digital presence — but the heart of it is the same. We are also launching this Journal, which you are reading right now.
The Journal is our way of staying connected with you — whether you're actively looking for a new position or just thinking about what might come next. We'll write honestly about the things teachers actually want to know. The good and the hard. The practical and the personal. Always in our voice. Never corporate. Never generic.
Free placement service for teachers. Local positions across the Western Cape and major provinces. International placements in the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. Honest guidance, personal attention, and nearly 30 years of experience in your corner. No cost to teachers — ever.
A word to the teachers we haven't met yet.
If you're reading this and you don't know us yet — welcome. We're glad you found us.
You might be a newly qualified teacher trying to figure out your first step. You might be an experienced educator who has been in the same school for a decade and is quietly wondering if there's something more. You might be someone who has been dreaming about teaching abroad but doesn't know where to start or who to trust.
Whoever you are, we want to talk to you. Not to sell you something. Not to process your application. But to actually sit down with you — digitally, by phone, however works for you — and understand where you are and where you want to go. Then we'll tell you honestly whether we can help.
This is not a pipeline. It is a relationship. And it starts with a conversation.
A word to those who already know us.
If you were placed by Eduplace years ago — if you're one of the teachers in Kuwait, or the UAE, or Sudan, or China, or right here in Cape Town who came through our door and trusted us — we haven't forgotten you. We never do.
We would love to hear from you. Where are you now? How did things go? Are you ready for the next chapter? Our door is always open. It always has been.
We're home. We're ready. Let's get back to work.
— The Eduplace Family