Backlash over appointment of white academic to head up transformation at UCT
By Sisonke Mlamla
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Cape Town - The University of Cape Town s (UCT) vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng, once the darling of black academics and students, seems to have fallen out of favour with them, after the appointment of a white retired academic to replace a black female academic in charge of transformation at the university.
Deputy vice-chancellor: Transformation, Professor Loretta Feris was allegedly replaced by a 72-year-old professor Martin Hall on a R2 million salary package.
Hall, who served in a variety of roles at UCT between 1983 and 2008, assumed duties as acting deputy vice-chancellor: Transformation on April 1.
Another race row brewing at UCT
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Another race-charged row is brewing at the University of Cape Town over the axing of a black woman in charge of transformation only to be replaced by a 72-year-old retired âwhite saviourâ on a R2-million salary package at a time when academics, staff and unions have been ordered to make cut-backs.
Deputy vice-chancellor: Transformation, Professor Loretta Feris was removed and replaced with British historical archaeologist Professor Martin Hall, who served in a variety of roles at UCT between 1983 and 2008, assumed duties as acting deputy Vice-Chancellor: Transformation on 1 April, prompting an uproar on campus.