The Solidarity Movement today took a stand against the reappointment of Panyaza Lesufi as MEC for Education in Gauteng. This followed after Gauteng Premier David Makhura rescinded his initial decision to move Lesufi to a different role.<\/p>\n
Lesufi\u2019s term of office as MEC of Education in Gauteng from 2014 has been characterised by controversial and hostile statements against Afrikaans, among other things, rather than actual successes in the province.<\/p>\n
According to Francois Redelinghuys, communications manager of the Solidarity Movement, Lesufi\u2019s record as MEC is nothing to get excited about. \u201cIn the first two years of Mr Lesufi\u2019s first term of office, the percentage of learners in the province who passed mathematics in matric dropped from 74% in 2014 to 69% in 2016. During the same period, the number of learners who passed physical science dropped from 76% to 69%,\u201d Redelinghuys said.<\/p>\n
According to Redelinghuys, Lesufi\u2019s obsession with waging a war against Afrikaans schools enjoys priority over the promotion of quality education in the province. \u201cThese statistics show that under Mr Lesufi\u2019s leadership education in Gauteng has by no means made strides forward. Moreover, it is absurd that his politicking and utterances directed at successful Afrikaans schools, rather than his achievements, are now rewarded,\u201d Redelinghuys said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTherefore, the Solidarity Movement reiterates that it would not back off while the right to mother tongue education is being undermined. Moreover, we will continue to fight through all our various institutions for the future of Afrikaans education,\u201d Redelinghuys said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Solidarity Movement today took a stand against the reappointment of Panyaza Lesufi as MEC for Education in Gauteng. This followed after Gauteng Premier David Makhura rescinded his initial decision to move Lesufi to a different role. Lesufi\u2019s term of office as MEC of Education in Gauteng from 2014 has been characterised by controversial and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"\n