Dlamini-Zuma on ensuring access to education for all
Addressing ANC Youth League members and students, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says education remains the quickest way to bridge the gap between the rich and poor in South Africa.
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The former AU-Commission chairperson was speaking at a discussion around free education at the Durban University of Technology last night.
She said South Africans will remain unskilled and unemployed if poverty isn't addressed.
Dlamini-Zuma says the country needs skilled and educated youth to develop the blue economy.
"It's not only to develop ourselves and our communities - it's to develop our economy and deal with unemployment and poverty. We cannot justify any child that's denied education or skills on the basis of poverty or lack of money," she said.
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Meanwhile, the discussion around free education quickly turned into a lobbying session for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to become the ANC's next president.
Dlamini-Zuma told students youth league members from around eThekwini - that free education economic transformation must not be divorced.
The league's KZN secretary, Thanduxolo Sabelo said they'll make sure their resolution, that Dlamini-Zuma takes over the reigns of the ANC, becomes a reality at the December conference.