The University of Cape Town has released the findings of an independent inquiry panel established to look into the tenure and death of Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor Bongani Mayosi.In its 157-page report, the panel – chaired by former deputy vice-chancellor Professor Thandabantu Nhlapo – criticised UCT’s handling of the news of Mayosi’s death, calling it “on the whole, poor, fragmented and, on occasion, ill-considered”.
“…The very same pressures that led to Professor Mayosi’s resignation from the deanship would possibly have been alleviated if the offered redeployment to a senior research post had succeeded.” “Two narratives emerged from the interviews. One was that Professor Mayosi maintained on the whole a good relationship with students in his faculty despite the difficulties and acrimony of #OccupyFHS [Faculty of Health Sciences].
“There is often little understanding of this dilemma faced by black leaders at UCT. Especially potent in this mix is the potential for backlash from either side, especially if the leader concerned is perceived as being sympathetic to the other. Hovering above all this is the Executive with its own demands on the dean, expecting him or her to be a team player.”
“The pronounced lack of consensus among the panel’s interviewees on the question of whether or not Professor Mayosi, as dean, had the support of his colleagues in the faculty points to the existence of a worrying tendency at the FHS for people to split along racial lines over how they see or interpret the same set of facts.”According to the Daily Maverick, Mayosi’s bereaved family are considering the 157-page report.
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