Committee outraged by Peter Mpati’s appointment despite sexual assault allegations

The portfolio committee on higher education, science and technology says it is outraged by the appointment of Peter Mbati by the university council as the vice-chancellor of Sefako Makgatho University despite allegations of sexual harassment surrounding him.

“Phendla reportedly submitted a complaint to the gender equality commission on the 11 May 2012 alleging that she was sexually harassed on several occasions by Mbati during the period 2008 and 2010. The committee continued to say that although Mbati sought to review the report of the gender commission at the Johannesburg High Court, he failed to set aside the recommendations of the report, but only succeeded in gagging certain portions of the report.

“Quite strangely, but not unexpected given its reluctance to implement its own sexual harassment policy to the extent that it had to be directed by the court, the university council did not defend its own report which ultimately led to Mbati obtaining a default order. “These are indeed serious allegations against Mbati, something which calls into question his suitability to be appointed to the high office of a vice-chancellor of Sefako Makgatho University.

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