The most recent statement of the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, about the value of mother-language education and her department’s appreciation for Afrikaans schools, amount to a mere ruse in the run-up to the election and in light of the growing opposition to the controversial Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (better known as the BELA Bill). This is the opinion of AfriForum after the minister’s efforts to reassure Afrikaans speakers yesterday that the Bill does not target Afrikaans schools at all. “The ANC is a champion destroyer of value. The fact that any South African institution functioned admirably has never yet prevented the ANC from plundering such an institution into dysfunctionality by means of poor administration, cadre deployment and the misuse of funds. With the BELA Bill, Afrikaans schools and quality education in general are next on the menu,” says Alana Bailey, AfriForum’s Head of Cultural Affairs.
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