For many adults the daily challenges that we all face during the 21st century are literally impossible to overcome. Opening a bank account, paying for water and electricity or reading a daily newspaper are only dreams, The legacy of the Apartheid educational system has left many South African’s without basic literacy and numeracy skills. This is why Adult Basic Education and Training is so important. ABET is helping the formerly illiterate get a new lease on life and allowing them the basic right to become productive members of South African society and giving them a sense of basic human dignity, a right they were formerly denied.