[TOP STORY] President calls for decolonisation of SA’s education system

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‘We concentrate more on European history and in latter years American history and things like that. We, in fact, need to be looking at the continent first, develop a strong sense of the African culture within our education system,’ says Basil Manuel, executive director of the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa.

23 Nov 2023 7AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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