Chair of UCT Council Babalwa Ngonyama has announced an internal investigation into governance concerns at the institution.
The University of Cape Town is to launch an internal University of Cape Town investigation into governance and procedural matters including issues related to former Deputy Vice-Chancellor Associate Professor Lis Lange’s departure.
The turnaround also follows a decision by the UCT Council voted to investigate the university’s own senate rather than look into the governance concerns which saw a number of council members, including the Law Faculty dean, Professor Danwood Chirwa,“Council debated two possible alternative proposals: an internal or external investigation. After much deliberation, Council determined that all internal processes should be exhausted prior to considering an external process.
“I will ask Council to reconsider its decision of 6 October 2022 in the interest of a process that has credibility and stakeholder buy-in. I call for calm in the best interest of our university, as this process unfolds.
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