PhDs make Mbombo, Meyer the most academically qualified MECs in the Western Cape

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Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo, with a PhD in gender and human rights from UWC, and Agriculture MEC Ivan Meyer, with a PhD in public and development management/ public administration, are the most academically qualified members of the provincial executive.

In response to a question from provincial leader of the opposition Cameron Dugmore , Premier Alan Winde wrote a reply in which he supplied the details of the qualifications of members of the provincial executive. The premier has a matric certificate.

Education MEC Debbie Schäfer has a BA in English and psychology as well as an LLB , and Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz is a qualified advocate with a BA and an LLB. Finance and Economic Opportunities MEC David Maynier has a BA, a BA Hons and a Master’s in public administration, while Human Settlements MEC Tertuis Simmers has matric and six certificates from various courses he has attended, including one for an international training course on politics and civil society, political parties and NGOs.

 

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Indeed, lofty credentials. They inspire confidence. The real fly in the ointment though is that one/one's who embellished their academic profiles ND had no action taken against them.

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