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As we wrap up International Mother Tongue Language Month. Today we are joined by someone who has been described as an erudite scholar of note when it comes to mother tongue education, Dr Tessa Dowling. She is an acclaimed Xhosa lecturer with a Distinguished Teacher Award from UCT.

GUEST: Dr Tessa Dowling, Senior Lecturer in the African Languages Section of the School of Languages and Literatures at the University of Cape Town

As we wrap up International Mother Tongue Language Month. Today we are joined by someone who has been described as an erudite scholar of note when it comes to mother tongue education, Dr Tessa Dowling. She is an acclaimed Xhosa lecturer with a Distinguished Teacher Award from UCT.
GUEST: Dr Tessa Dowling, Senior Lecturer in the African Languages Section of the School of Languages and Literatures at the University of Cape Town

Friday’s Fireside Chat with Dr Tessa Dowling

As you may have heard, in the previous hour we spoke to Thandi Mkhanzana who is representing Women In Tourism about the issue of ‘cash back’ allegations levelled against government officials. We are taking this issue forward now as we are joined by MEC Mvoko who is going to tell us more about the Treasury’s action plan in terms of how they are dealing with this issue as we know that this has been going on for quite some time now (since 2019 to be precise). 

GUEST: Mlungisi Mvoko, MEC for Finance in the Eastern Cape

As you may have heard, in the previous hour we spoke to Thandi Mkhanzana who is representing Women In Tourism about the issue of &lsquo;cash back&rsquo; allegations levelled against government officials. We are taking this issue forward now as we are joined by MEC Mvoko who is going to tell us more about the Treasury&rsquo;s action plan in terms of how they are dealing with this issue as we know that this has been going on for quite some time now (since 2019 to be precise).&nbsp;
GUEST: Mlungisi Mvoko, MEC for Finance in the Eastern Cape

The issue of ‘cash back’ allegations levelled against government officials

Civil society organisations committed to food justice, children’s health and education rights put out a statement yesterday detailing their concern by the recent handover of McDonald’s-branded ‘Mi Desk’ desks to two Cape Town schools, facilitated by the Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube. This follows similar corporate-branded desk donations from Old Mutual and Hollywood Bets. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Mahfouz Raffee, Head of Research at Equal Education

Civil society organisations committed to food justice, children&rsquo;s health and education rights put out a statement yesterday detailing their concern by the recent handover of McDonald&rsquo;s-branded &lsquo;Mi Desk&rsquo; desks to two Cape Town schools, facilitated by the Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube. This follows similar corporate-branded desk donations from Old Mutual and Hollywood Bets. For more on this, I am joined on the line by&hellip;
GUEST: Mahfouz Raffee, Head of Research at Equal Education

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