She oozes energy, she is articulate and she is full of ideas on how to take the country and its people forward. Calling the newly appointed ANC MP and former student activist Nompendulo Mkhatshwa dynamite in a small package is no exaggeration.
However, while feeling strongly that a lot more needed to be done for the youth, she was conscious of the fact that she was no longer a student activist but was now part of legislature and governance, a restrictive space with a lot of red tape. The very low representation of young people at different levels bothered her and she conceded that her party, the ANC, since 1994 chose middle aged and elderly people as parliamentarians.
“I want young people to have access to education, regardless of where they come from. They must have access to good education and they must succeed in the education space. That speaks to both basic and higher education,” Mkhatshwa said. As former #FeesMustFall activist at Wits University, Mkhatshwa pledged to continue advising and supporting students fighting for truly free and improved higher education. But she wanted to give space to the new leaders to take the process forward and shape it.
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