South Africans march for education

Yoliswa Dwane, a spokeswoman for Cape Town-based Equal Education said Monday that the government spent billions of rand on the World Cup, but has not invested the same on basic education. South Africa, a country with one of the greatest disparities of wealth, still struggles to close the gap apartheid created between white and black schools.
Only a third of third-graders in South Africa meet the minimum literacy and numeracy standards, according to national test results. Last year, a third of those taking final-year exams failed.