{
  "id": 15858895,
  "title": "The ANC will raise your child for you: Ramaphosa speaks about his party’s successes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/the-anc-will-raise-your-child-for-you-ramaphosa-speaks-about-his",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T07:39:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/elections/the-anc-will-raise-your-child-for-you-ramaphosa-speaks-about-his-partys-successes/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa stated at a recent speech in Daveyton, east of Johannesburg, that the African National Congress party's policies have led to the government taking full responsibility for raising and educating all children born in South Africa. The ANC introduced a child grant to aid parents in their duties of caring for newborns, a policy unique among countries worldwide. Ramaphosa emphasized that when his party came to power, their children were not receiving any government support, including education. He highlighted that the ANC aims to provide comprehensive assistance to parents to ensure their children's well-being. The party's initiatives include establishing Early Childhood Development Centers (ECDs) under government control to ensure children receive early education. The ANC also introduced no-fee schools that cater to children from Grade R up to matric, seeking to alleviate the financial burden on struggling families. Furthermore, the ANC offers bursaries to learners after high school, with the current year's allocation being a million bursaries under their NSFAS program. Ramaphosa asserted that the quality of education provided by the ANC surpasses that of the apartheid era, as the party seeks to empower black people with an education that once only enabled them to perform menial tasks.",
  "summary": "He said the ANC government has also ensured that, even after high school, children are supported through government funding.",
  "key_points": [
    "ANC introduced child grant and no-fee schools to alleviate financial burden on families.",
    "Current year's NSFAS program allocates a million bursaries for post-matric learners."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The ANC's expansion of state-funded childcare and education shifts the burden of child-rearing from individual families to the government as a core pillar of its social welfare mission.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}