Zuma tells high school kids education is the ‘weapon for everything’
Speaking in Nkandla, he tells them he has ordered officials to ‘stop other government programmes’ and divert their money to free education
President Jacob Zuma has ordered officials to stop some government programmes and divert their money to free education. Zuma’s statement was made during his visit to one of top-performing schools in his hometown of Nkandla‚ northern KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday. Addressing learners of Bhuqwini High School — which achieved a 97% matric pass rate last year — Zuma said free education was going to change SA in 20 years time. "You can’t say there is no money for education. I’ve told those who are looking at the finances to stop other government programmes to get money for free education because there are things that won’t take us anywhere‚" he said. However‚ he did not specify exactly which government programmes he was referring to. Zuma surprised many when he announced that government will subsidise free higher education for poor and working class students in 2018, before the ANC’s 54th national elective conference in Johannesburg in December. Even then‚ he did not explain where the money...
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