This follows a recommendation from a high-powered panel, established to investigate governance at UCT, in an interim report, that she be immediately removed:
The Chairperson of the University of Cape Town’s council, Babalwa Ngonyama has resigned with immediate effect.This follows a recommendation from a high-powered panel, established to investigate governance at UCT, in an interim report, that she be immediately removed. The panel comprises Judge Lex Mpati , Judge Azhar Cachalia, Dr Bernadette Johnson and Dr Patricia Hanekom.
In a statement dated 22 May, Ngonyama said she had taken the decision to step down after ‘thoughtful consideration and deep and thorough reflection’ and taking into consideration the current circumstances on her wellness and health. At the heart of the probe was whether the university’s then vice-chancellor , Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, and Ngonyama misled the university’s executive and Senate about the reasons for the departure of the deputy vice-chancellor for teaching and learning, Associate Professor Lis Lange.In February this year, the council approved a settlement agreement terminating Phakeng’s appointment and, the Panel notes, she had since severed her relationship with the university.
Ngonyama falsely informed Lange, or acted without authority in telling the latter, that Council would not support her wish to be appointed for the second term as DVC; In her written response to the Senate, Ngonyama falsely claimed, in response to questions about the circumstances surrounding Lange’s departure, that the reasons for her departure were ‘personal and confidential’. In addressing the question of renewal of the former VC’s term, Ngonyama further falsely claimed the Lange matter was ‘still with Lange and the Vice-Chancellor’;
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