EDITORIAL: Habib hooray! for new posting in London
The Wits vice-chancellor showed that leadership means making unpopular decisions under pressure
20 February 2020 - 20:50
In the normal course of events, one would expect the changing of the guard at a university to go relatively unnoticed. But Wits University is no ordinary institution and Adam Habib isn’t what one would characterise as a dour academic in an ivory tower far from the public eye.
His critics probably disagree with the first part of that statement. A prolific user of Twitter, Habib hasn’t been shy to take on his detractors on anything from the level of political debate to the cost of state funerals...
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