Matric results: Zuma plays the race card again

Jan 10, 2014 | 8:35 AM |by Contributor

President Jacob Zuma has accused DA leader Helen Zille of having “that old mentality that black people are not intelligent”.

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Old “white mentality”

At the ANC’s 102nd birthday celebrations in Mpumalanga, Zuma was heard talking to the crowds saying, “I heard this white person saying let there be an investigation, they can’t pass like this, and I said to myself, this person still has that old mentality that black people are not intelligent, if they succeed it must be probed.”

According to eNCA, who interpreted the original quote from Zulu, it was a thinly veiled reference to Zille’s request to have the matric exam results audited. 

White South Africans fear success of black matriculants

According to reports, education analyst Graeme Bloch has called on white South Africans to be more supportive of the improvements in matric exam results.

This comes after Zille questioned the large increase in successful matric passes in the Mpumalanga and North West regions of South Africa.

Some white people actively “don’t like the increase in results”, said Bloch. “They don’t like to see the progress, because they don’t like the government succeeding.”