Monwabisi K RalaralaMonwabisi K. Ralarala, is Director of the Fundani Centre for Higher Education Development at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He is an Associate Professor, an NRF-rated researcher (C2), and Chairperson of the African Language Association f South Africa. Previous positions include: Director: Language Centre, University of Fort Hare; Chairperson, Western Cape Language Committee; Director of Research and Policy Development, Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities; and Lecturer, Department of African Languages, University of Stellenbosch. He is a Canon Collins Educational and Legal Assistance Trust Alumnus; the 2017 recipient of the Neville Alexander Award for the Promotion of Multilingualism; and holds two PhDs (Universities of Stellenbosch and Free State respectively) on persuasion in African Languages and in Language Practice, with emphasis on forensic linguistics. His diverse research interests follow three lines: language rights and multilingualism in higher education; forensic linguistics; and translation studies. He has held positions of visiting scholar, both national and international. He has also published in journals and books, mainly in forensic linguistics, and translation studies. He is co-editor of African language and language practice research in the 21st century: Interdisciplinary themes and perspectives (CASAS, 2017). Read More Read Less