MommaC

You wanna know why?
Go to
statssa.gov.za/Census2011/Products/Census_2011_Fact_sheet.pdf
scroll down to tables 6 and 7.
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ShadesOfGrey

The important word here is AVERAGE.

As MommaC pointed out in the statistics - the average whi.te person has at least a matric, and if you combine the people that has successfully completed matric and/or a degree that accounts for 77% of the white population, for As.ians it's 62%, Colour.eds it's 33% and for Bl.ack it's 35%

No ill intent or racist demons here, just the hard truth that if you'd like to earn a nice salary, then work hard and ensure that you have a proper education.
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maneater

@ShadesOfGrey

good pint that you making sir but you must also keep in mind that in order for one to have a proper education one need to have proper school and we know a third of our african schools do not have basic learning necessities.
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lerotse

Why keep voting the same party that did not do you good for 18years .You think o tla tsena wa ba corrupt . Not all of you who vote le tla tsenago. Take alternative not desparate route.Vote other African parties in Mzanzi other than the one you are not satisfied with.
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MOKOPANEDUDE

Schooling is important but just imagine a kid learning under a tree,and that happen only to blacks these why we will always hv lower percentage in most of the things,recently text books saga
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stifftailmiaumiu

@ShadeOfgrey
The statistics maybe correct but do they explain the reason why Africans are lagging behind in their findings ? Not all people that are not educated chose to be . If you are a black person ( and not coconut ) you would clearly understand the situation affecting our people . Lack of financial support ( did you check the unemployment stats ? ) . Many parents are unemployed and that affects their children who are supposed to get better education . Dysfunctional families as a result of the above mentioned reason . And a host of other not caused by an individual's own doing . So if you have made it due to having support and resources , don't look down on the less fortunate and label them lazy . You might have benefited from their mystery somehow .
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ShadesOfGrey

Far from looking down on the less fortunate, I'm saying that there is so much that can be done, if only there was any real political will to do so.

Consider that our government spends a staggering amount on education, I believe more percentage wise than any other African country, and yet our education is lagging far behind. A big problem is that the money is being inefficiently spent, huge amounts are lost to corruption and then there is the stranglehold that the unions have on the system. Take examples like the textbook saga, with no one in government actually taking responsibility, and blaming everyone but themselves. Situations where it's up to private organisations to take government to court to try and get them to deliver. How incredibly back to front is that?!

If we had strong leadership, who are actually concerned about the people rather than their own back pockets (or cars, or palace) this problem can be solved. But while our government is leaking money like a sieve it is the poor who will remain poor, and suffer the most.


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swona

who cares? zuma and his kids are looting, malema and floyd wanted to join, they got kicked out, now that they are out, they want us to think they were kicked for they wanted to stop the looting, yet they were pushed out of the gravey train for looting and making noise at the same time, they dont know the rule that says dont talk while eating!
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Bebesocs

I am sure Mac Maharaj can debate this one, it has been 18 years since they have been in power and we have been supporting ANC + Maharaj+ Guptas= we (voters) are the loosers. I am sure this time its not apartheid, this is disgusting and it sucks, not when we have fresh young millionaires, I challenge Maharaj
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MommaC

the stats make for fascinating reading.
statssa.gov.za/Publications/P03014/P030142011.pdf

in 3.7
12.1% of black females have ZERO education but they whip the boy's when it comes to tertiary.

If you then go down to 3.20
WE ARE GETTING LESS EDUCATED.
fewer and fewer people are completing school and more and more are having no education at all.
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