Equal Education asks Minister Motshekga to distance herself from the racist statement issued in her name
Equal Education (EE) notes with shock and disappointment the statement released by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) headed "Equal Education is disingenuous: Minister Motshekga". [LINK]
Every factual claim about the process needed for the finalisation of Minimum Norms and Standards for School Infrastructure is wrong and misleading. EE will issue a full statement explaining this in due course, but it is all explained in this relatively short affidavit. It was on the basis of this affidavit that Judge Dukada of the Bhisho High Court decided that the matter is urgent, and is to be heard on 11 July 2013.
But the most unfortunate part of the DBE's statement reads as follows:
"It is interesting to note the sudden interest that Equal Education is taking in the education of the African child. Suddenly the NGO knows all about the challenges that African children face against the privileges they have enjoyed.
"To suddenly see a group of white adults organizing black African children with half-truths can only be opportunistic, patronizing and simply dishonest to say the least."