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Judge to probe UKZN sex claims
04/12/2006 17:23 - (SA)
Johannesburg - The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) announced on Monday that retired Judge Alan Magid would head a tribunal to investigate claims of sexual harassment and victimisation involving the vice-chancellor and chairperson of the university council.
Thandi Orleyn and Professor Christina Murray would be the other two members of the tribunal, said a statement.
Magid is a retired judge from the KwaZulu-Natal provincial division.
Murray is department head at the University of Cape Town's public law and director of the law, race & gender research unit.
Orleyn is a practising attorney and former chief executive of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration.
Last week, vice-chancellor Professor Malegapuru Makgoba took leave of absence, and council chairperson Dr Vincent Maphai has stood down.
Master of commerce degree
During a press conference last Tuesday the university council's vice-chair, Mac Mia, said the council had decided to appoint the tribunal to investigate allegations of "sexual harassment, gender discrimination and victimisation" made by Professor Pumela Msweli-Mbanga, the dean and acting deputy vice-chancellor of the college of law and management.
The tribunal has also been given the task of investigating the circumstances surrounding the awarding of a master of commerce degree to UKZN's chief financial officer, Professor Kanthan Pillay, by Msweli-Mbanga.
Mia told the press conference last week that the tribunal would investigate whether the awarding of Pillay's degree was irregular.
It also would determine "whether or not there are uniform policies and procedures for the examination and assessment of dissertations and theses at UKZN".
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