Post-COVID Teaching and Learning of Religious Education in the Context of School Violence in South Africa

Informed by the Bricolage theory, authors sought to interrogate role of religious education in combating school violence South Africa post-pandemic era. While COVID, many arguments, has been seen as catastrophic humankind, it evoked a sense among people enable them confront vulnerability, which can be harnessed mitigate violence. Located participatory action research, qualitative approach was used collect data from twelve participants within Free State province, where purposive sampling used. The responded two questions: What are instigators violence? How studies African schools? paper found that while is underplayed curriculum, an impetus ignite morality teachers and learners address Based on paper’s findings, article argues despite its shortfalls, remains one pillars enacting missing ingredient made schools unsafe havens for educational stakeholders. In light this argument, recommends reconsidering core subject borderless curriculum angle. Keywords: Bricolage, Religious Studies, School violence, Morality, COVID-19, Sustainable learning