Another race row brewing at UCT
ANOTHER race-charged row is brewing at UCT over the axing of a black woman in charge of transformation only to be replaced by a 72-year-old retired “white saviour” on a R2-million salary package at a time when academics, staff and unions have been ordered to make cut-backs.
Deputy vice-chancellor (DVC): Transformation, Professor Loretta Feris was removed and replaced with British historical archaeologist Professor Martin Hall, who served in a variety of roles at UCT between 1983 and 2008, assumed duties as acting deputy vice-chancellor: Transformation on April 1, prompting an uproar on campus.
An academic, speaking on condition of anonymity because she fears reprisals, has alleged that Feris has been made a
