UCT on dangerous trajectory, philosophy professor says
David Benatar says the university's administration capitulated in the face of student protests
22 November 2021 - 17:30
The University of Cape Town (UCT), ranked number one in Africa and SA, is in a state of decline, the institution’s controversial philosophy professor, David Benatar, claims.
Benatar, who has just released a book entitled “The Fall of the University of Cape Town,” traced the beginnings of its demise to the 2015 Rhodes must fall protests in a speech to the Cape Town Press Club last week...
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