Former UCT vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng used race to divide and bully staff at UCT, a recent report found.
South African universities are not simply about providing education. They also have identities. If the earlier struggles were about access, the latest have been about identity. And these identities manifest in leadership and curriculum, writes Mcebisi Ndletyana.
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