Reading about the attacks on Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, the deputy vice chancellor (DVC) for Research and Internationalisation at the University of Cape Town (UCT) opened some old wounds for Keval Harie, an ex-employee of UCT. I was appointed as in-house attorney and contracts manager in the Research Contracts and Innovation (RC&I) department (which incidentally falls … Continue reading As the Phakeng incident shows, UCT views black excellence with suspicion and disbelief