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<article id="gmail-article-body" class="gmail-clr_left"><p>Gauteng Education MEC
Panyaza Lesufi was subjected to having an effigy of himself paraded in
Tshwane on Tuesday because of his work towards equalising education, he
said on Wednesday.</p><p>"These morons came to our offices to "hang" me!
We defeated your racists grandparents, you are nothing! (sic)" tweeted
Lesufi. He added a picture of a man standing next to an effigy of him.</p><p>Lesufi said the incident happened outside the office of Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga on Wednesday morning.</p><div class="embed gmail-twitter"></div><p>He
said an organisation against his moves to integrate Afrikaans and
English schools and guarantee places for school children, regardless of
language policy, was behind it.</p><p><strong>READ: </strong><a href="https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/breaking-high-court-sets-aside-bid-to-have-hoerskool-overvaal-admit-55-english-speaking-learners-20180115" target="_blank"><strong>High Court sets aside bid to have Hoërskool Overvaal admit 55 English-speaking learners</strong></a></p><p>"They
have been threatening me, and my children in particular, for quite some
time," said Lesufi, who went through something similar in February.</p><p>"They have upped it now to this level."</p><p>He
said he has reported it to police. However, he regards it as "an
insult, not to me, but to those who want equal education for all kids in
the country".</p><p>He added that some people were unhappy that he wanted schools to be open for all children, but would not just leave it at that.</p><p>"We've got family. They do all these things to follow me, intimidate me."<br></p><p><strong>READ: </strong><a href="https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/my-life-is-at-risk-but-i-am-not-scared-panyaza-lesufi-on-threats-20180116" target="_blank"><strong>'My life is at risk, but I am not scared' - Panyaza Lesufi on threats</strong></a></p><p>His children have been told to tell their father "to stop doing what he is doing".<br></p><p>"I am not worried. I went through worse things during those worse days of apartheid.</p><p>"It (the effigy) is an insult to anyone who believes in non-racial education for all."</p></article>
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