The Academic and Professional Staff Association (APSA) has called on the minister of higher education and training to put Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) under administration for allegedly disregarding statutes‚ rules and policies. “The chairperson of TUT council‚ Dr Bandile Masuku‚ is serving a third term‚ against the university statutes‚ while his appointment and extension of the contract of acting vice-chancellor‚ professor Lourens van Staden‚ was declared illegal and unlawful‚” the union said in a statement. “In light of the disregard of higher education statutory laws‚ policies and rules by Dr Bandile Masuku and professor Van Staden‚ we reiterate our call to minister [Naledi] Pandor to put TUT under administration‚ but to also investigate the procurement and contracting decisions taken by the institution for the past four years. “We also want to warn Masuku that no amount of legal threats against our union will stop us from exposing corruption and maladministration as it...
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