The #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall movements changed the landscape of the University of Cape Town (UCT). The Fallist position became the dominant political force. During 2015 and 2016 property was destroyed, people were injured and racism promoted. Some academics were supportive, even when the behaviour was criminal. The #FeesMustFall period saw disruptions, damage and assaults. In late 2016, UCT management negotiated an agreement granting conditional clemency to 11 students facing disciplinary and criminal charges arising from #Shackville. The agreement led to the establishment of the Institutional Reconciliation and Transformation Commission, which by all accounts has struggled to get going properly. The commission will make recommendations on institutional culture, transformation, decolonisation, discrimination, identity and disability. Commentators have criticised the appeasement of an intolerant student minority, as well the rise of the intolerant progressive left among staf...
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