School book protest march
Dave Savides
THE Inkhatha Freedom Party has planned a protest march for 10am today (Thursday) starting opposite the Zululand Observer offices in Empangeni. At issue is a Grade 12 history text book which allegedly 'tells blatant lies and deliberately distorts facts about the role of the IFP and the contribution made by its leader, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi'.
The book, 'In Search of History' has been roundly condemned by IFP voices as 'propaganda masquerading as history'. IFP National Organiser, Albert Mncwango, announced that the IFP will embark on a series of protest actions aimed at discontinuing use of the book at schools.
'This is nothing more than the sugar-coating of the ANC's history,' said Mncwango.
'We cannot allow our children to be poisoned with this tissue of abominable propaganda and the deliberate twisting of history to distort who did what, when and where.
'The IFP is not going to stand by idly to see its contribution being trampled and destroyed.
'We will certainly not allow the legacy of Prince Buthelezi to be so deliberately destroyed. We are going to ensure that this book is removed from schools and will use all legal forms of protest to ensure that this happens and that this attempt to indoctrinate our children is stopped.'
The Empangeni protesters will march to the Department of Education offices in the CBD, where they will deliver a memorandum addressed to National Education Minister, Naledi Pandor
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