Born a boy but living as a girl since the age of 4, Eastern Cape’s Cwenga Titi is set to possibly become the first trans woman to go to the mountain to undergo circumcision - the traditional rite of passage to 'manhood'.
Walter Sisulu University (WSU) has been rocked by accusations that its strategic plan has been plagiarised from another university. Large sections of the university’s Vision 2030, which came into being in 2020, was allegedly copied from the Durban University of Technology’s (DUT) Vision 2030, which was adopted in November 2019.
Walter Sisulu University’s council chair, advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, has admitted that the majority of WSU lecturers fail to meet the minimum requirements for their posts but says steps are being taken to address the problem. Ngcukaitobi, who was re-elected for a second term as the university’s council chair last week, told the Dispatch the situation would soon change because the council was making it a priority to encourage lecturing staff to upgrade their qualifications.
Walter Sisulu University council chair Tembeka Ngcukaitobi is happy with the stability in the governance and finances of the university, but worried its graduates would have to wait for about three years to get jobs.