LETTER: Jansen is to blame for state of at least one university
There was a time when Jonathan Jansen could have used his influence to tame this beast that he now criticises
With reference to the column by Jonathan Jansen published by Business Day on July 26 2019, What is a university now in SA? (https://www.businesslive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2019-07-26-jonathan-jansen-what-is-a-university-now-in-sa/)it amazes me how he believes he can criticise the culture that currently exists across all SA universities, when, during his time as rector of the University of the Free State (UFS), he himself played a major role in creating and allowing that very same culture to develop and become something that can no longer be controlled.
There was a time when Jansen could have used his influence to tame this beast that he now criticises. Here follows only a few (of the many) instances where his ignorance or lack of political will to act, fed this epidemic of destruction, which has spread rapidly and now appears to have become irreversible...
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