Mhangwani is no doctor

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READER LETTER | Mhangwani is no doctor

a wailing complaint from music promoter Sam Mhangwani of how he was scammed out of a doctorate when the honorary degree he received was nothing but a hoax.

In his words: “I was excited that I am a doctor and today you are telling me that I am not a doctor scammers’ doctor.” But even if he was not scammed, like his fellow artists and entertainers such as Deborah Fraser, Winnie Mashaba, Rebecca Malope, Danny Jordaan, Naledi Pandor and other such “doctors” in SA, Mhangwani is no more a doctor than a well-behaved minibus taxi driver is. What these artists, politicians, sports luminaries and others received is honoris causa . The HC is specified in all their citation awards. Why is that so? The HC tells you that you are not qualified to call yourself a doctor.

Mpho Phalatse, Mcebisi Ndletyana, Kenosi Mosalakae, Puleng LenkaBula and Njabulo Ndebele are different from the above-mentioned entertainers because they are qualified doctors. They are not using borrowed titles. Many SA journalists, radio and television programme hosts are fond of crowning these entertainers with the title of doctor and thus end up debasing doctoral qualifications.

 

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The letter by Prof Sono is a breath of fresh air. However, he confuses a doctoral degree (PhD) with the degree held by medical doctors, which is not a doctoral degree.

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