EX-MINISTER RETURNS TO LECTURE AT NGWANE

 NHLANGANO – His appearance at the Ngwane Teachers’ College after serving as Cabinet minister came as a surprise to many. But to some of his former colleagues at the college, Dumisani Ndlangamandla had already hinted he would be returning to his former job as a lecturer, when his term in politics came to an end.

“As new students, we didn’t know he used to work here. But I must say that we were delighted to see a person who was a cabinet minister not long ago teaching at the college. He is just like any other lecturer around,” explained a student at the college, when asked about Ndlangamandla’s presence. For five years, starting around September 2013, Ndlangamandla was the country’s Minister of Information, Communication and Technology.

When his term elapsed as Cabinet minister, Ndlangamandla lost his seat in Parliament after he decided not campaign for another term in politics. However, he had hinted that he was eyeing his previous job as a lecturer at Ngwane College. In fact, Ndlangamandla had said he was not nervous about returning to his pre- vious job at the college, because he had even applied for a five-year leave of absence from his former employer, the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) prior to joining politics. So, when he came back knocking at the

college doors towards the end of last year, Principal Dr Amos Mahlalela welcomed him back in the fold, handing him his old lecturer job. Since leaving the limelight of political office, Ndlangamandla has been teaching History and Geography at the tertiary institution. This was also confirmed by the Principal Dr Mahlalela during an interview with this publication. “Yes, he returned to his job immediately after his term in Cabinet came to an end.

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has been working normally just like any lec- turer here, and I haven’t heard any complaints about him or from him regarding his new position,” explained Dr Mahlalela. When asked about Ndlangamandla’s re- lationship with other staff members at the college, Dr Mahlalela said the college has its own administrative hierarchy which Ndlangamandla is also expected to adhere to while still part of the institution.

The college principal expressed his confidence that Nd- langamandla woulddo a great job while still with the institution. Relevance “His previous political position is of no rel- evance here. He abides by the rules and takes instructions from his superiors just like any of his workmates. He has been doing his job very well ever since he came back to be with us.”

The former Cabinet minister also confirmed during an interview yesterday that he had returned to his previous job. He did not want to dwell much on the subject though. “Whatever we can say about the issue is of no significance really.

What is important is that I am back with the college,” he said briefly. Ndlangamandla joined politics in 2013 when he won a parliamentary seat for Ngudzeni Constituency. He was then ap- pointed Cabinet minister under the leadership of former Prime Minister, the late Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini

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