The racially inspired, ill-fated and misguided campaign to remove the Gauteng MEC for Education and Youth Development Comrade Panyaza Lesufi from office by the so-called lobby group AfriForum is nothing but a desperate attempt to resist transformation at all costs. This is the view of the ANC Gauteng Province.

It is not a secret that the Afrikaner nationalist group exists primarily to safeguard the legacy of our divisive past, that we are still recovering from as a country, instead of advancing social cohesion and contributing towards building a new South Africa. 

We are aware that Comrade Lesufi has been a target of those opposed to change in society especially given his work in spearheading transformation in the basic education sector.  In particular he is a subject of malicious campaigns for advocating that schools that were exclusively only accessible to Afrikaans speaking people need to be more accommodative of non-Afrikaans speaking learners especially in communities where there is a demand.

The ANC Gauteng Province calls on all progressive forces to take a stand and ensure that the democratic gains that we have made since the dawn of democracy are not undermined by those with narrow interest that seek to derail the National Democratic Revolution and to ultimately abort the pursuit of social transformation and the attainment of a National Democratic Society. We call on all South Africans to isolate those who want to undermine our collective efforts in giving our children education that frees them from the bondage of our sad divided past which has been rejected by the majority of South Africans.

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Issued by the ANC Gauteng Province

For more information:
Bones Modise
Head of Communication / PEC Spokesperson
ANC Gauteng Province
082 545 5553

Or 

Motalatale Modiba
Media Liaison Officer 
ANC Gauteng Province 
072 515 3022