He pointed that South Africa is a middle-income country and development cooperation in a pure way argues that development assistance should not be considered for South Africa. He did, however, indicate that the European Union considers South Africa as a special case, for instance other projects that are funded by the European Union, for example the Erasmus Mundo project that funded one-hundred-thirty (130) students on a global programmes to the European Union. He argued that the European Union supports programmes that add value in primary education and that the EU political leaders will continue some form of development cooperation for South Africa.