This was after 11 names — of former and current male students accused of sexually assault and violence against women at Rhodes University — were anonymously published on Facebook.
Rhodes University permanently expelled Dyantyi in November 2017 after a disciplinary hearing that found her guilty of kidnapping, assault, defamation and insubordination.Advocacy group, the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of SA , which is fighting in her corner, dismissed the disciplinary hearing that convicted her as “procedurally flawed”.
“The punishment meted out was grossly prejudicial. The terms of her expulsion have made it practically impossible for her to enrol in any other higher education institution for the foreseeable future,” said Nomzamo Zondo, SERI’s executive director. “Rhodes University charged Ms. Dyantyi in March 2017, almost a year after the protest. The disciplinary inquiry sat between June and October 2017, however, the university’s appointed proctor postponed the portion of the inquiry pertaining to Ms Dyantyi’s case to a date on which her legal representatives were unable to attend, making it impossible for Ms. Dyantyi to present her case or to continue participating in the proceedings. Ms.
Zondo said Dyantyi challenged her expulsion on the grounds that she was denied the assistance of counsel as well as “any reasonable opportunity to present her case ... and after finding Ms. Dyantyi guilty based on weak evidence, the university unlawfully denied her the right to an internal review, made available to her in terms of the university’s disciplinary rules.” “Hundreds of students took part in the protest that lasted a week.