With reference to "A BIG Disaster Just Waiting to Happen (https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/opinion/editorial/2021-05-06-editorial-a-big-disaster-just-waiting-to-happen/)" (Editorials, May 6-12), on the basic income grant (BIG), I am of the view that the parlous economic condition of SA can be ascribed to two basic and continuing failures of the ANC — big disasters indeed.
The policy on the education of the majority of our children, particularly in rural areas, has resulted in the bulk of our current generation continuing to be effectively ignorant and unemployable. A very high proportion of school-leavers are barely literate and command only simple numeracy. The results of the Rally to Read project alone bear this out...
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