Maseala Progressive Independent School High School is located in Polokwane. Independent education originated from the medieval institutions of the 15th century. Most scholars during this period were clerks and clergymen serving in the church or in the civil service. Although their pursuit was to expand their individual careers, they were subject to their respective local authorities such as the royal household, bishops and the judiciary.

When these early scholars were granted property rights, there was a change in the civil order. These early scholars occupied their newly acquired properties and used them as premises where they studied the arts, arithmetic, music and geometry. The teachings were conducted by ‘masters’, who taught themselves and who had been approved by a group of their peers. Independent education was born. The origins of independent education reveal how it has always been a progressive pursuit of excellence.

The Mohlahlana family derived the name Maseala from a family poem as an expression of joy and happiness after the birth of a baby boy called “Seala”. The baby boy’s mother was affectionately called Mmago Seala by the family, which means Mother of Seala.

In accordance with the oral tradition of the Mohlahlana family, Seala had siblings named “Mapoo a thabeng”, “Masilo dikgomo ga a diše”, “Marara a kgoši” and “Raditshaba di maketse”.Historically, the word Seala refers to an attractive ornament that is placed on the head of someone who was born into a royal family.