{"id":11802,"date":"2012-06-24T23:52:56","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T21:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/insight-anc-promises-ring-hollow-in-home-of-s-africa-greats\/"},"modified":"2012-06-24T23:52:56","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T21:52:56","slug":"insight-anc-promises-ring-hollow-in-home-of-s-africa-greats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/insight-anc-promises-ring-hollow-in-home-of-s-africa-greats\/","title":{"rendered":"INSIGHT-ANC promises ring hollow in home of S.Africa greats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Broken schools belie Mandela dream of &#8220;better life&#8221;<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Ruling party under fire for delivery deficit<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Corruption and cronyism seen undermining governance<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Peroshni Govender<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>ENTSHINGENI, South Africa, June 24 (Reuters) &#8211; First graders<br \/>\nhuddle to do sums on scraps of paper pressed against a cracked<br \/>\nmud wall at Mwezeni Primary School in South Africa&#8217;s destitute<br \/>\nEastern Cape province.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The school may be located in Africa&#8217;s wealthiest nation, but<br \/>\nthere are no chairs, no desks and no work books.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Cape, home to giants of the African National<br \/>\nCongress like Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu who helped end<br \/>\napartheid and Thabo Mbeki, the nation&#8217;s second democratically<br \/>\nelected president, is a glaring example of the ruling party&#8217;s<br \/>\nfailure to deliver its promise of a &#8220;better life for all&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In Entshingeni village, not far away from where Mandela was<br \/>\nraised, a mud hut with a dirt floor serves as a classroom to 79<br \/>\nfirst and second graders who sit on planks across rickety bench<br \/>\nframes in front of a battered chalkboard.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are proud of Mr Mandela and Mr Mbeki. They came from<br \/>\nthis land and went all over the world. What will presidents<br \/>\noverseas say if they see how we live?&#8221; said David Skwele from<br \/>\nMkanzini village, dressed in a tattered red T-shirt.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Broken schools belie Mandela dream of &#8220;better life&#8221; * Ruling party under fire for delivery deficit * Corruption and cronyism seen undermining governance By Peroshni Govender ENTSHINGENI, South Africa, June 24 (Reuters) &#8211; First graders huddle to do sums on scraps of paper pressed against a cracked mud wall at Mwezeni Primary School in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-11802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}