A ministerial task team, appointed to look into the recruitment, retention and progression of black academics, has found that black and coloured academics remain underrepresented in the academic field.
He said the under representation of black and coloured staff was more pronounced in historically advantaged universities and previously Afrikaans universities.
The task team has also found other areas that were impeding transformation of the sector and these include: Staff participation and progression impediments; despite some gains, black academics, specifically African and coloured academics, and female academics remain under-represented in the academy.
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