Margaret Orr

With regard to gender transformation, universities are guided by rosy visions informed by the Constitution, the Employment Equity and Labour Relations Acts, the Higher Education Act, the White Paper on Education and other idealistic documents. Vice-chancellors have bravely taken on the challenge of transformation of institutions of higher learning, writes Margaret Orr.

On an ordinary day in February 2000 I attended a council meeting at Unisa wearing a pale green skirt and tunic top. The hem ended just above my knees and my summer-brown legs were bare down to bottle-green high-heeled leather pumps.