King Goodwill Zwelithini speaks out as patron of education in KZN
Zulu’s King Goodwill Zwelithini has demanded that the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department achieve an 80% pass rate in this year’s matric exams — and then, to honour his 70th birthday next year‚ a 100% pass rate. Zwelithini was addressing more than 700 principals from the Zululand and Amajuba districts in Ulundi on Tuesday in his capacity as patron of education in the province. His newfound status as patron was a result of a meeting he had with KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC, Mthandeni Dlungwane, earlier this year‚ during which he was presented with a full report about the province’s Matric results. The department has set itself a target of a 76% matric pass rate for 2017, but Zwelithini said there was no reason why the department could not achieve 80%. "Then next year you can achieve 100% when I turn 70. This can happen [if] we improve certain subjects. The ball is in your court‚" he said. The king‚ who slaughtered two cows for the principals‚ described education as the "light for the n...
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