Image: SABC NewsProfessor Belinda Bozzoli passed on last Saturday.
Outgoing Wits University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adam Habib has described the passing of Professor Belinda Bozzoli as a tragic loss for higher education in the country. He was speaking at a memorial service for Bozzoli at the university in Johannesburg.
Habib says at the height of the Fees Must Fall protests, he sought Bozzoli’s counsel. Bozzoli, who had been on Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, passed away last Saturday at the age of 75 after a battle with cancer.
She completed her BA and Honours degrees at Wits University and her Masters and PhD at the University of Sussex and Yale University. In 2006, Bozzoli was awarded an A-rating by the National Research Foundation