Fraud and chaos: the four universities keeping government awake at night
The Department of Higher Education and Training says it is concerned by the state of four universities, some of which have been rocked by allegations of rampant corruption and maladministration. This week, officials briefed Parliament’s higher education and training portfolio committee on the state of affairs at the University of Zululand (UniZulu), Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Walter Sisulu University (WSU) and Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT), which has taken the unusual step of requesting an administrator. The crises at some universities, which have all been affected by the fee protests of recent years, threaten the academic programme. The most unstable of these universities appear to be UniZulu and MUT. The portfolio committee had raised its concern about the continuous absence of the UniZulu vice-chancellor and chairman of council in meetings with the committee in Parliament. There have been questions raised about the suitability of the vice-chancell...
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