South Africa
Pandor disbands Fort Hare University Council─── 11:22 Sat, 27 Apr 2019
Higher Education Minister Naledi Pandor (PHOTO: Gallo)
Higher Education Minister Naledi Pandor has dissolved the council at the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape.
This follows after a range of reports in the media and the purported collapse of the university council.
Pandor said she had to "intervene directly to ensure good governance" and appointed an administrator, professor Loyiso Nongxa.
The University of Fort Hare earlier this week issued its vice-chancellor and principal professor Sakhela Buhlungu with a letter of intention to suspend him.
Buhlungu is embroiled in controversy after he allegedly approved contracts involving top architects without following procurement processes.
