This policy governs all educational content (lessons, questions, explanations, worked examples, hints, diagrams) on the MindMath SA platform, operated by MindMath SA.
1. CAPS alignment, not CAPS copying
MindMath SA is aligned to the South African Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) for Mathematics and Mathematical Literacy, Grades 7–12. CAPS is a public curriculum framework published by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and is free to reference.
MindMath SA is independently developed and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by the Department of Basic Education. We use CAPS only as a topic and outcomes framework. We do not copy any DBE-authored prose, examples, exercises, or assessments.
2. Allowed sources
When authoring or expanding content, contributors may use:
- Original material — lessons, examples, and questions written from scratch.
- CAPS framework — topic names, grade placement, learning outcomes.
- Openly-licensed content — material under a permissive licence (CC0, CC-BY, CC-BY-SA), such as Siyavula's open textbooks, with attribution preserved where required.
- Public-domain mathematics — standard theorems, formulas, and definitions (e.g. quadratic formula, Pythagoras' theorem).
3. Forbidden sources
The following must never be added to MindMath SA, even paraphrased lightly:
- DBE workbook content, including text, examples, and exercises.
- Commercial textbook content from Via Afrika, Oxford University Press, Pearson, Macmillan, Maskew Miller Longman, Cambridge University Press, or any other publisher.
- Verbatim or near-verbatim teacher guide content from any publisher or the DBE.
- NSC, IEB, or provincial past exam papers — questions, mark schemes, or memoranda — unless we have written licensing permission.
- Scanned, photographed, or OCR'd pages from any of the above.
- AI-generated content that was prompted to reproduce or imitate a specific copyrighted source.
4. AI-generated content
Lessons or questions generated with AI assistance are allowed only if: (a) the prompt did not reference a specific copyrighted source; (b) the output is reviewed by a human for accuracy and originality; and (c) the output is generic enough that it could plausibly have been written from scratch.
5. User-uploaded scans (Homework Scanner)
Learners may upload photos of their own homework, which may include pages from copyrighted workbooks. This is treated as private, per-user tutoring:
- Scans are stored in a private bucket with row-level security; only the uploader can access them.
- Scan images and AI responses are never reused to seed our public content library.
- Scans are never shown to other users, made public, or used for AI model training.
6. Attribution
When openly-licensed material is used, attribution appears in the lesson body in the form: "Adapted from [Source] by [Author], licensed under [Licence]."
7. Takedown requests
If you are a rights-holder and believe content on MindMath SA infringes your copyright, please email hello@mindmath.co.za with:
- The URL or identifier of the allegedly infringing content.
- The original source you believe was copied.
- Proof of your rights in the original work.
We will review and, where the claim is substantiated, remove or rewrite the content within 7 business days.
8. Contact
MindMath SA
Email: hello@mindmath.co.za