Johnathan Paoli
THE North Gauteng high court has ordered Higher Education Minister
Blade Nzimande to immediately retract his decision to place the University of
SA under administration.
The judgement was handed down by the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday
morning following an urgent application brought by the university.
The court’s decision comes a few days after Nzimande’s announcement last
Friday that he is placing the institution under administration for 24 months
and appointed former University of Johannesburg Vice-Chancellor Professor Ihron
Rensburg as the administrator.
This is not Nzimande’s first attempt at wrestling the reins from the current
Unisa leadership.
Earlier last month the Minister was interdicted from placing the university
under administration after issuing a notice of administration following a
damning assessment report by Professor Themba Mosia which allegedly found
several incidents of mismanagement, financial irregularities and poor student
services at the institution.
The management of the university said that
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