This week we continue celebrating Women’s Month in South Africa and speak to Angie Motshekga, South African Minister of Basic Education and President of the African National Congress Women’s League. Our conversation highlights the fortitude displayed by politically active women in early resistance movements leading to the formation of the ANCWL, and the evolution of ANCWL into its present structure; one which supports the emancipation and liberation of women both inside and outside the ANC. We discuss life-stage and circumstantial factors that impact girls’ education value chains, stretching from primary to tertiary level, and spill-over effects into their career choices, progress within organisational hierarchies; and much more…

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