Opposition MPs say South African youth are "worse off" under the ANC‚ whom they accuse of having "sold out" young people to the Gupta family and teachers’ union SADTU.The MPs were speaking in the national assembly during a debate on youth day‚ due to be commemorated on Friday.DA MP Yusuf Cassim was first to attack the governing ANC‚ claiming their MPs and ministers did not take young people seriously‚ judging by the empty seats on the ANC’s side of the chamber."The ANC has sold out my generation‚ particularly young black South Africans. There can be no doubt that the legacy of colonialism and apartheid continue to dictate our life stories. The circumstances of our birth still dictate our success and these circumstances have a colour to it‚" said Cassim.He said that under the ANC‚ the country’s "education was considered to be the very worst in the world"."This is not the ANC we supported growing up. It is an ANC that sold out an entire generation to the Guptas‚ to Sadtu and to patron...
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