Beleaguered University of Cape Town vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng says she was instructed by the university's HR department to hire a social media team following a tweet in which she bashed a small nail business.
The author of 'The Fall of the University of Cape Town', Professor David Benatar, writes that the problem at the university runs much deeper than the vice-chancellor, who is at least as much a symptom of UCT's fall as its cause.
The governance crisis at the University of Cape Town deepened on Friday morning when 13 top members of council released a dissenting statement, calling Thursday night's special meeting 'irregular' and 'flawed'.