I educated myself, Zuma tells pupils
22 July 2016
Johannesburg- President Jacob Zuma has told a group of Tembisa primary school pupils about the importance of education, and how he had to educate himself.
"I never went to school, but I educated myself. I'm proud of that," he told pupils at Marhulana Primary School, one of the oldest schools in the country.
"I took a decision to educate myself when I realised I didn't have a choice, because my father had just died."
Zuma, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga, Gauteng Premier David Makhura, and Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi visited the school, in Kempton Park, as part of Mandela Month on Wednesday.