DA leads mass protest march to Limpopo Education Department to deliver demands
Note to editors: The following is an extract from the speech delivered by DA Limpopo Education spokesperson Desiree van der Walt during the DA's protest march in Polokwane.
Today the DA led a protest march of over a thousand people through the streets of Polokwane to the front door of the Limpopo education department.
We marched in solidarity with children at over 5000 Limpopo schools who have gone six months of the year without textbooks.
A society that is not willing to stand up for the rights of its children fails to take ownership of the future.
Today's protest is part of the continuing struggle to ensure that Limpopo children are afforded the opportunity to determine their own destinies through access to knowledge. We must fight to own the future!