JONATHAN JANSEN | The future of UWC and UCT’s leadership hangs in the balance

Developments on either side of the river spell trouble for Cape Town’s universities

17 April 2024 - 21:31

In recent weeks, two potentially calamitous events on campuses happened largely under the radar of public attention as the collapse of Educor and its private higher education brands hogged the media limelight. Largely ignored was the selection of university leaders at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and the other at the University of Cape Town (UCT)...

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