Okay so we know education is not exactly a priority for this ANC government. Why would it be when all that's required to be President is a standard three education? Malema hasn't done too badly for himself either with a G in Woodwork. Yup, the era of qualified lawyers and other educated professionals running our fine land has long gone.
So Angie Motshekga must have been pleased to land herself the pretty cushy and undemanding role of Minister of Basic Education. "Basic Education," she must have thought. "That can't be too hard! As long as they can read 'ANC' and write X!" Surely the department could just tick along merrily without any supervision from her? That would allow her to sit back, put her feet up and gaze absentmindedly out the window of her Gravy Train compartment at all the truant school children (and teachers!) smoking tik on the pavement as they glided past her, just on the edge of her consciousness.
Angie on the Gravy Train? Surely, you say, if she had profited unduly from her ministerial role in any way she would have splashed out on a little cosmetic dentistry for a start! A compelling argument for sure but, I assure you, this Angie certainly has a bit of money in her coat. She also has helped herself to a couple of luxury cars courtesy of you and I, which is certainly enough to qualify her to ride on this train.
Angie did her level best to remove herself from contention for a ministerial post in an earlier textbook-related mishap but previous performance is no obstacle to progress in the Zuma administration. Besides, the comrades in fast cars that run our country had big plans for a loyal yet incompetent public servant. Plans which Angie is now fulfilling extraordinarily well.
You see, it is well known to the ANC that an uneducated population is much easier to control. It's a trick they learned from the the Apartheid government, which used education (or the lack thereof) as a weapon against the masses of this country in an attempt to keep them pliant and therefore less likely to rise up and overthrow their corrupt system. In fact, running a banana republic is generally a lot easier if the population loses count after the third transition, (which on current trends is due to happen just before the elective conference after Mangaung). It's a concept other bastions of democratic principle like Egypt, Libya and Syria had also adopted with zeal.
So Angie, where will you lead us from here?
So Angie Motshekga must have been pleased to land herself the pretty cushy and undemanding role of Minister of Basic Education. "Basic Education," she must have thought. "That can't be too hard! As long as they can read 'ANC' and write X!" Surely the department could just tick along merrily without any supervision from her? That would allow her to sit back, put her feet up and gaze absentmindedly out the window of her Gravy Train compartment at all the truant school children (and teachers!) smoking tik on the pavement as they glided past her, just on the edge of her consciousness.
Angie on the Gravy Train? Surely, you say, if she had profited unduly from her ministerial role in any way she would have splashed out on a little cosmetic dentistry for a start! A compelling argument for sure but, I assure you, this Angie certainly has a bit of money in her coat. She also has helped herself to a couple of luxury cars courtesy of you and I, which is certainly enough to qualify her to ride on this train.
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Angie, you're beautiful, but ain't it time we said goodbye?
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You see, it is well known to the ANC that an uneducated population is much easier to control. It's a trick they learned from the the Apartheid government, which used education (or the lack thereof) as a weapon against the masses of this country in an attempt to keep them pliant and therefore less likely to rise up and overthrow their corrupt system. In fact, running a banana republic is generally a lot easier if the population loses count after the third transition, (which on current trends is due to happen just before the elective conference after Mangaung). It's a concept other bastions of democratic principle like Egypt, Libya and Syria had also adopted with zeal.
So Angie, where will you lead us from here?
