Cape Town – UCT on Tuesday denied claims by former employee Professor Athol Williams that the institution’s ombudsman offered him hush money to stop “raising concerns about their dealings with state capture companies”.
“Read this slowly ... the University of Cape Town ombudsman offered me hush money. We have sunk so low in SA. Anyone with a platform willing to raise the alarm?” he wrote on Twitter. “We recognise that exposing fraud and corruption is a service to the nation. We also appreciate the profound toll such a process can take on the whistle-blower,” the statement read.
UCT said Williams continued to make “unsubstantiated allegations and false and distorted claims related to UCT” and forced them to set out the “factual issues”. UCT said the acting obmudsman contacted Williams to resolve his issues but Williams chose to “make absolutely distorted and false claims of “being offered hush money” in public after the engagement”.
UCT said Williams had every right to raise the issues with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration , but to date it was not aware that he has exercised this option.
UCT keep denying and rejecting. Ask them to respond to the points I raise.
Athol was not a Professor but was a senior lecturer. He himself mentioned at state capture that he doesn't have a PHD, he has a number of masters' degrees.
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