Cape Town - Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training will meet with the Stellenbosch University management on Tuesday, 1 September 2015.
The urgent meeting follows allegations of alleged racism experienced by students and staff at Stellenbosch University as revealed in the online documentary, Luister.
The Committee, which is chaired by Mrs Yvonne Phosa, will hear the university management’s response to these allegations. Furthermore, the Committee expects to hear plans on preventing occurrences of incidents of a similar nature in future and a progress report on the university’s transformation plan and language policy.
The Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Nzimande has also been invited to the attend the meeting.
IOL, adapted from a press release