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Why no word fron vice-chancellor on of Mayosi, UCT's biggest failure?

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OPINION: UCT vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng has maintained a stony silence following the damning report into the university’s starring role leading to the death of Professor Bongani Mayosi almost a month after she took office, writes Edwin Naidu.

Social media diva Mamokgethi Phakeng has returned with a bang to celebrate her second year in the hot seat as vice-chancellor of UCT, ensuring that Twitter was awash with utopian colourful memories.

The report did not absolve Phakeng, then deputy vice-chancellor, and university executives under former vice-chancellor Dr Max Price or students from culpability in contributing to the conditions resulting in Mayosi taking his life on July 27, 2018. Instead, it was business as usual, celebrating two years in charge with pictures, boasts and an insensitive, almost crude, remark that showed Phakeng has some way to go before maturing into her role: “Student suicides are no longer a thing,” she said incredulously on Twitter, describing it as one of her three biggest successes.

 

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