I am sitting in a sparsely-furnished office at a local township school, engaged in a conversation with the Head of Department for the Humanities, to join me for a scheduled “one-on-one”. My eyes dart around. Files and books and papers here, flip charts and pictures there. Okay, no surprises here. Except the famed picture on the wall depicting Mbuyisa Makhubu carrying the dying Hector Peterson, with the crying Antoinette Sithole alongside him.
About Dr Malcolm Venter
Malcolm is a retired headmaster. He is also the editor of Naptosa INsight, the National Chairperson of the SA Council for English Education, a member of the National Council of the English Academy and the executive officer for the Western Cape Chapter of the Governing Body Foundation. He founded and edits the online English magazine Teaching English Today.
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