Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT), which has been rocked by allegations of irregularities, has dismissed suggestions that it has requested an administrator. In November, the Department of Higher Education and Training briefed MPs on the state of four universities, some of which have been rocked by allegations of rampant corruption, fraud and maladministration. The universities were University of Zululand, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Walter Sisulu University and Mangosuthu. In a move seen as unusual, Mangosuthu was said to have requested an administrator. However, spokeswoman Mbali Mkhize said the chairman of the university council had written to Higher Education Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize requesting the appointment of an independent assessor, which she said was different from an administrator. "An independent assessor is a person appointed by the minister of higher education and training to probe governance shortcomings in a university and to propose possible reme...
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