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South African CP general secretary BLADE NZIMANDE visited London last week. Robert Griffiths reports on a discussion with him ranging from Ukraine to Zimbabwe
Blade Nzimande

BLADE NZIMANDE is South Africa’s Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology. He is also the general secretary of South African Communist Party (SACP).

We met after he had just finished attending the Education World Forum. More than 100 government ministers for education and skills had spent three days in London discussing resources, infrastructure, learning pathways, technology, innovation, research and citizenship.

Shrugging off fatigue, he spoke to me with clarity and passion about the challenges facing the peoples of his country, Africa and the world.

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