Three senior judges have been asked to head up an independent probe at the University of Cape Town to look into allegations of gross misconduct by vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng and council chairperson Babalwa Ngonyama. | MarvinCharles_ AdriaanBasson
Marvin Charles and Adriaan BassonFormer president of the Supreme Court of Appeal, Justice Lex Mpati.
News24 understands that retired president of the Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Lex Mpati is expected to chair the probe. Governance expert Dr Trish Hanekom and Wits head of transformation Dr Bernadette Johnson have also been asked to join the panel.at Stellenbosch University on Tuesday. Mokgabudi requested that council members should not proceed further given that the meeting had gone beyond five hours into the night, and beyond the scheduled time. She requested that it be adjourned to continue the next day.However, while a small number said they would prefer the meeting to be adjourned, council members voted in favour to continue.Le Roux said the council took two substantive decisions.
"The meeting was adjourned just after 01:00 on 8 November 2022, with a resolution to reconvene within seven days to deal with the remaining agenda items," she added.
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