Nothing motivational in romanticising black pupils' poverty

Journalists should highlight how democracy is failing poor people

26 January 2022 - 08:20
By Malaika Mahlatsi

There is nothing motivational about a student who gets straight As after studying under a candle and walking 15km to school.

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