Sefako Makgatho University vice-chancellor Professor Peter Mbati says the chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on higher education and training, Phillemon Mapulane, has launched an unlawful judicial process to review the sexual harassment allegations of which he was cleared almost 10 years ago in a bid to smear his name and rescind his appointment.
This included the police, the National Prosecuting Authority, the Commission for Gender Equality , Univen’s disciplinary hearing, the Appeals Committee of Univen Council, the Labour Court in Johannesburg, the Labour Court Appeal. A Univen disciplinary process had also found Phendla-Tshivhase guilty of receiving gratification from a service provider following a forensic report into corruption at the university.
Modise’s spokesperson Moloto Mothapo confirmed that “the Speaker has indeed received the complaint from the VC and she is attending to it”. Mbati said Mapulane’s process was unlawful because his committee had no powers to conduct a judicial review of cases. Mapulane denied all allegations levelled against him, saying his committee was fulfilling its oversight role after receiving a complaint from the Higher Education Transformation Network .
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