by AfriForum | Jan 7, 2020 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum congratulates everyone who passed the matric exams of 2019 as well as the dedicated teachers who dutifully assisted them. At the same time, the news of an official pass rate of 81.3% has been met with concern. Although it is very high, it doesn’t give a...
by AfriForum | Nov 22, 2019 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
Panyaza Lesufi, the MEC for Education in Gauteng, alleges that AfriForum’s campaign to have him dismissed – in part because of his role in the chaotic placement process of learners in Gauteng for the 2020 schoolyear – is racist. “All card Lesufi can play is that he is...
by AfriForum | Nov 21, 2019 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements, Corruption Media statements
AfriForum today submitted a letter addressed to Gauteng Premier David Makhura demanding the dismissal of Panyaza Lesufi, Gauteng’s MEC for Education. According to Henk Maree, Spokesperson for AfriForum, this demand follows in reaction to a long history of...
by AfriForum | Nov 19, 2019 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
The civil rights organization AfriForum will on 20 November 2019 announce details of a comprehensive campaign aimed at applying pressure on Gauteng’s Premier, David Makhura, to dismiss the province’s MEC of Education, Panyaza Lesufi. This follows after AfriForum had...
by AfriForum | Nov 5, 2019 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum describes the 2020 school placement process as chaotic bureaucratic floundering. The organisation has been flooded with complaints the past two weeks from parents who still haven’t received SMS notifications with offers for the placement of their children in...
by AfriForum | Sep 17, 2019 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
AfriForum and the organisation’s Skole-ondersteuningsentrum (SOS) have urgently requested the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) in a lawyer’s letter to delay the notification of school admissions until 16 October 2019. SMS notifications are sent to parents of...
