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UCT raises concerns over Phakeng's ousting
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- Опубликовано: 28 фев 2023
- The University of Cape Town’s Black Academic Caucus has raised
concerns that outgoing vice-chancellor Prof. Mamokgethi Phakeng was
publicly forced to take early retirement.
She was recently placed on special leave with immediate effect.
Her exit comes as a four-member panel, led by retired Supreme Court of
Appeal Judge President Lex Mpati, is investigating, among other
things, whether UCT council chairperson Babalwa Ngonyama and
vice-chancellor Prof. Phakeng misled the senate in relation to the
departure of former deputy vice-chancellor Prof. Lis Lange last year.
Chair of UCT Black Academic Caucus Dr. Hlumani Ndlovu explains.
Tune into Newzroom Afrika channel 405 for more details.
Ah but the very black members of senate he's talking about also wanted her out. The dean of law at UCT (Danwood Chirwa, a black man) also wants her out, and wrote a scathing letter to her office.
The previous chair of council, Sipho Pityana, also said he witnessed a lot of problems in her personality and leadership style and was lenient enough to send her to a teambuilding retreat instead of dismissing her. This was after the then UCT ombud, Zetu Makamandela-Mguqulwa, wrote in her report to council citing complaints from staff about Prof Phakeng's leadership.
And the problem with the racial demographics debate is that it has often devolved into a nativist movement, just like how Stellenbosch and UP used to reject academic collaboration with the rest of the world, just so that they can preserve Afrikaner culture. UCT needs to tread carefully here and return to their core business.
Those black people you are referring to "are those called sellouts"
@@arnoldlawrence3465 Aowa we cannot immediately label fellow Africans as sellouts for merely having autonomy. That is no different to the infantilization of black people sometimes perpetuated by western liberals, where African-ness is only valid if it adheres to and doesn't offend the sensibilities of white liberals.
African emancipation must be defended as a principle, even from those among us that would use genuine causes to advance their own corrupt agenda.
Remember during slavery there were black collaborators and also during apartheid there were black police and the askaris.
Good comment. This is what I noticed. She and some of her supporters would like to paint this as a racial issue but it's not that. Her leadership style was divisive instead of unifying, she also played the students up against the administrators which was a poorly thought out tactic. Are their racists at UCT ? Of course there are...and they need to be dealt with but this is not the reason for her departure. She wanted to be an activist and a VC, she should have chosen one.
Dokotel Hlumani Ndlovu. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 UKZN Alumni 🙌🏾🙌🏾
UCT will be similar to the Eastern Cape universities.
Why? because we asking for transformation?
Why? you white people really have a nerve.
No because 1994 everything was transformed now we have a transformed Eskom, transformed Transnet, transformed post office and the list goes on.Eastern Cape universities has lately become known for contract killings and corruption.So yes everything is transformed and nothing is working.Just employ the best and you will get quality.
This is very true @La-juan persens. **This issue has nothing to do with race**. It's just crap how everything nowadays is about race and gender. UCT has had black VC's since late 90s. Talking about stats, 66% is not significant enough to say that it is "dominantly" whites. Furthermore, this is our academics as the South African youth, we need the best of the best to be teaching/managing us, those who actually deserve to, so that we as the black youth we become the best that we can be. Positions in institutions like UCT should not be "redressed", candidates should compete for them black or white alike.... if the scale is tipped let it be, as long as the country will get the best educated youth afterwards. When we start redressing positions we will really end up in the Eastern Cape situation. We really need to keep UCT the best university in Africa and that can only happen if there is favouritism based in solely in being the best of the best (skill wise) and not in skin complexion.
Do you think that the ANC government has the capacity to run a Spaza Shop.Just a Spaza Shop.
😂😂😂 No, absolutely not!
Just get the best person.Increase the rankings of the University, deliver more PhD graduates.
It is not about just increase the rankings and producing more PhD candidates. UCT needs to transform from a white institution to a multiracial and/or African institution. How is it possible that white people in terms of population are the minority in S.A and in UCT they are the majority in post-apartheid South Africa?
Yes let's them transform and become like Forte Hare where Vice Chancellors and staff fall victim to contract killings and mass corruption.In the end UCT will fully transform like most public institutions in South Africa and be part of the rot.Is their Anny institution in South Africa that has transformed and performing excluding SARS.We are rated in junc investment status and now we are on the grey list.Jobs critical skills in maths and science,crime these are the things we should concentrate on and South Africa will prosper.
@@sizwenyuka4739 Facts time... UCT is multiracial and the fact that it is in Africa it is an African institution. As South Africans we should be happy that it is attracting whites, it shows we have a good thing going on, and abasivalelanga ngaphandle, we are gaining a lot of knowledge and skill from that. If one couldn't find a position there as a black person, and they preferred a white person instead, why should not be offended, it's for the greater good, most probably the preferred candidate is will produce well educated blacks. And that is how it is possible that white people in terms of population are the majority in post-apartheid South Africa
This statement sounds like..anything that’s functional, working and good is associated with whiteness/white person. And anything that’s bad, corrupt and working is black. Do you have any proof that UCT has dropped in rankings? Not interested in anything else but proof.
They allowed the situation to prevail. Its a bit too late now. As long as the black academics remain quiet, there will never be a black person (despite their competency) in that position of power.
She wont ever tell them the truth. Cash has won.
The truth is that she is a bully 🤣
@@danbodi167 with a big head. Amen
@@senormystery721 She is smart, she is good in many ways, but she was a bully
Public universities in SA are doomed
Stop lying here
They are most of them contract killings and corruption.
@@ayandanjodo3311 prove me wrong
Stop making everything about race and start making it about skill. That way the whole of South Africa will be better. Blacks have more available to them now than most so there is no more previously disadvantage excuses. Everywhere you look is black this and black that. Rather make it all about skills.
This is wishful thinking, ignorance and hyperbole
Which skill are you referring to?
Brian you living in a bubble of ignorance black people are still oppressed
Stop smoking nyaope
What exactly are you saying? Which skill are you talking about? ,or you simply feel the need to say something without properly understanding the case ,or one of those Twitter/RUclips expects.