The Citizen reports that Zwelinzima Vavi, former general secretary of labour federation Cosatu, has taken to social media to air his views on the state of the country’s quality of education.
This came after the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) boasted a matric pass rate of 98.67% this year, up from the 98.30% in 2015. Vavi said: “The rich and upper middle class can afford to buy better education, security, health care whilst the poor contend with inferior services,” which was “the source and face of deepening inequalities”. He blamed the ANC for allegedly failing to implement what it promised in 1994 and 2009 when it came to education. Vavi was met with lots of criticism from his Twitter followers.
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