I ANC Ayisafani!
For the first time in my life I have to agree with the neo-liberal, right wing Democratic Alliance that indeed i ANC Ayisafani (it is not the same), in-fact I must commend the DA for such diligence in keeping track of the "changes" in the ANC. One of the reasons the African National Congress (ANC) has defied the trend most followed by some former liberation movements to wither away into political oblivion is its ability to adapt to constant changing political and economic conditions. It is its ability to reflect and cleanse itself where necessary while remaining true to its core and democratic spirit.
20 years into democracy, it does not take an avid reader or keen observer to see and realise that the lives of millions of South Africans have changed for the better. Census 2011 indicates that more South Africans are getting educated, one of the key indicators of progress and development by any measure. To drive the point home, the results also show that the proportion of individuals aged 20 years and older that have received no formal education has decreased steadily between 1996 and 2011.
The proportion of persons who had completed their secondary education (matric) or higher increased from 23.4% in 1996 to 40.5% in 2011, the report states. Such improvements in education have also been clearly demonstrated by the gradual increase in the matric pass rate with the 2013 class recording a record 78.2%, the highest matric pass rate yet.
This is by far the biggest investment the ANC led government has made in recognition of the need to focus on education with the biggest beneficiaries being the youth. Prior to 1994 there was no deliberate effort to develop the lives of young South Africa, only after have mechanisms been put in place, from an enabling policy environment, to establishment of institutions.
Today young South Africans not only create employment for themselves but for others as well, a change no one could have ever imagined. South African youth are entering and changing the world. Ludwick Marishane dubbed "the best student entrepreneur in the world" was named by Google among the 12 most intelligent young brains in the universe. He is the founder and Chief of Headboy Industries, and is South Africa's youngest patent filer after having invented DryBath at the age of 17. He is one of many young people that have accepted a call by the democratic South Africa that says "Be what you want to be".