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The University of Cape Town (UCT) council has received a new complaint against embattled vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng from suspended executive director for communication and marketing Gerda Kruger.
BABALWA NGONYAMA

UCT council receives new claim from Kruger against vice-chancellor Phakeng

Meeting postponed to January as Phakeng faces mounting opposition to her leadership at the divided campus, including accusations of flouting governance processes

  • Edwin Naidu
5 min read
A massive fire on Table Mountain that started near Rhodes Memorial on Sunday morning raged out of control & spread onto the UCT upper campus, destroying the Jagger library building. (David Harrison/M&G)
AFRICAN STUDIES

Rhodes Memorial Fire: a week of devastation, loss and heartache

Students, alumni and staff share their memories and thoughts after blaze leaves a path of devastation at the UCT and its Jagger Reading Room

  • Eunice Masson
7 min read