Being humane has nothing to do with the humanities. (Rather weird logic on your part.) I'm "arty", and totally useless at maths, but it's obvious to me that SA's kids (and SA itself) cannot hope to prosper unless we become very much stronger in the STEM subjects. Nor do the numbers support your contention that there's an "insane focus on STEM". We have so many graduates in the humanities that they can't get jobs, while companies battle to fill tech, science and engineering posts.