The governance crisis at the University of Cape Town has deepened after a meeting of the council's executive committee (exco) to choose a retired judge and panel to lead an independent investigation collapsed.
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'.
On Thursday night, the UCT Council voted to investigate the university’s own senate rather than look into governance concerns around vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng and council chair Babalwa Ngonyama. Now a number of council members, including the Law Faculty dean, Professor Danwood Chirwa,.