A month after the University of Cape Town (UCT) council agreed an independent panel to investigate its vice chancellor and council chairperson should be appointed, the university has done little to give effect to the decision.
In this week's Friday Briefing, News24 senior legal writer Karyn Maughan analyses how these concerted attacks on the courts are threatening the judiciary's resilience.
The University of Cape Town's deputy council chairperson Pheladi Gwangwa left a special council sitting on Monday after questioning the legality of the meeting.
Three senior judges have been asked to head up an independent probe at the University of Cape Town to look into allegations of gross misconduct by vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng and council chairperson Babalwa Ngonyama.