UCT rejects claims by former lecturer Athol Williams Share Cape Town - Former UCT lecturer Athol Williams has alleged that the university has tried to silence him, a charge that UCT denied. Williams claimed that the UCT ombudsman offered him “hush money” to stop raising concerns about the university’s dealings with companies implicated in allegations of state capture. He was a senior lecturer, specialising in corporate responsibility and ethical leadership, at the UCT’s graduate school of business until last year. In March this year, Williams gave testimony to the State Capture Commission regarding evidence related to the South African Revenue Services (Sars).