Opinion: Unisa management was correct to interdict the Minister

Mametlwe Sebei

Last night, UNISA management approached Gauteng division of the high court for an interdict to stop the Minister from placing it under the administration pursuant to the notice he issued to that effect.

The court correctly find that the Minister’s actions amount to breach of the court which effectively sanction the Minister to act until such time that the appointment of Mosia, as an independent administrator, and the findings of his assessment report have been determined in the two judicial

review applications of the University Council and the VC, respectively.

The appointment of Mosia remains irregular at many levels, and his findings highly flawed. They cannot be the last word on the state of the university. 

His conflict of interests and the dishonest manner in which he abused his status clearly to advance an agenda of the faction aligned with the corrupt interests in the university compromised what