Louisa Mabe

Louisa Lorato Mabe (born 6 October 1959) is a South African politician who served as the North West's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Finance from 2009 to 2012 and as MEC for Education from 2012 to 2013. Before joining the North West Provincial Legislature, she represented her party, the African National Congress (ANC), in the National Assembly from 2001 to 2009. Premier Thandi Modise fired her from the Executive Council in June 2013 after she was accused of involvement in procurement irregularities.

Quotes

• Education is the foundation for this country to move forward. Without education everyone is going to suffer, so I have no alternative, I have got to do this."
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• When I go to schools now I don't make appointments, and I don't start at the principal's office. I go to the classrooms to see for myself first before word goes around that the MEC is visiting
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• The primary schools can also get exposure to science, because the money is there. Why not use it
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• One of the things we did was to look at the subjects in which learners performed badly. We prioritised them and gave specific training and support to educators to make sure we would see an improvement
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• What ought to happen at the primary schools is that those teachers must give the foundation in reading, but usually that doesn't happen,"
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