POLL | Was MEC’s adviser right to apologise for ‘magwinya and archaar eating’ Sadtu teachers comment?

13 January 2022 - 13:00
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Tshediso Mangope got tongues wagging with his comments. File photo.
Tshediso Mangope got tongues wagging with his comments. File photo.
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Tshediso Mangope's apology for allegedly criticising members of the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) has sparked debate across the country.

Mangope, who is an adviser to the Free State co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC, had social media in a mess this week when he posted a picture of his son with a teacher at Grey College in Bloemfontein.

In the caption he wrote “No magwinya and archaar eating Sadtu person will teach my children.”

He also posted a photo of two women he referred to as Sadtu teachers in a swimming pool.

Sadtu slammed Mangope’s “derogatory” post, leading to him issuing an apology.

“I am extremely apologetic to everybody, not just educators in the country, but to the many young men and women produced by the same teachers. I am a product of public schooling myself," he told Free State Central News.

He said the post was meant to be a joke.

“There’s been banter between myself and my Sadtu friends. This post was made pursuant to the joke.

“It was meant to be a joke, but people decided to make a meal out of it. I regret having posted it,” Mangope said.


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