AJ Venter must turn his (at times sour) attention to SADTU - and of course so must Tshepo Motsepe. Forget western education for the moment. What is happening in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nigeria, Chile, ad nauseum?  Private schools are flourishing BECAUSE it is perceived by many, including many highly educated folk, that most private schools are driven to excellence, however that is defined.

No, I'm afraid Tshepo is playing in square-toed leather boots and strips for studs. He needs to 'walk in with the bowler' or did he not hear "Over Up"..a long time ago. Perhaps he should request an opportunity to spend a term in a successful WCape school recently sponsored. 

And then he can ask central Government WHY it did not choose the Cambridge system right from the start anyway! Bob-the-Job Muggs did in Zim, and only reversed that when he realized that a good generation had the better of him BECAUSE of that powerful education system at work. CIE kids question EVERYTHING! That is what it is about.