Parliament wants probe into perks for universities’ execs
Unisa's Mandla Makhanya earned R5.2m in 2018, and Tshilidzi Marwala of the University of Johannesburg earned R4.9m
17 October 2019 - 17:51
MPs are worried by the high salaries and benefits paid to senior university executives, in particular vice-chancellors, and have called for an inquiry into the matter.
The salaries and perks of some vice-chancellors — the academic sector's equivalent of CEOs — have been under scrutiny in recent months amid calls for cash-strapped universities to cut back on expenditure...
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