The New York Times publishes scathing attack on deputy president David Mabuza
Image: Masi Losi
The New York Times on Saturday published an article entitled 'South Africa vows to end corruption.
Are its new leaders part of the problem?' detailing David Mabuza's rise within the ANC and how under the ruling party the education system has "been in shambles."
Under his leadership, children drowned in dilapidated school pit toilets and millions of dollars in badly needed education funding went missing. So how did this man become South Africa's deputy president? https://t.co/uP3azszeAw
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 4, 2018
Written by Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan, the article starts off by detailing how a 6 year old fell into a pit toilet in Middleplaas, a town in Mpumalanga, which Mabuza was premier of.
The article details Mabuza's checkered history involving claims of siphoning cash from schools for his personal benefit and states that despite promises by Mabuza at the helm of the province to transform schools, nearly a quarter of primary schools in Mpumalanga still have pit toilets.
The lengthy article was retweeted over 250 times and had over 340 comments at the time of publishing this article.
Here's some of the reaction on Twitter:
If you read anything today, let it be this.
— #WeAreSiyaKolisi ⚫️🔥 (@XondoZ12) August 6, 2018
This is the reality of the ANC in 2018. They claim to be a changed organisation.
NOTHING could be further from the truth. https://t.co/hP3Y9NoxKr
South Africa is paying the price for the ANC’s pervasive corruption in its decrepit schools. And people are starting to notice. https://t.co/28LoXjLrPk
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) August 5, 2018
Please read this. A reality check for us all - maybe we will take heed if the alarm bell is rung from abroad. Beware David Mabuza. South Africa through the lens of the @nytimes: https://t.co/us0ZgwInPs
— Mandy Wiener (@MandyWiener) August 5, 2018
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