UKZN: It’s terrible seeing a varsity die, especially as it was preventable

06 February 2020 - 07:00
By jonathan jansen AND Jonathan Jansen
Hundreds of Mangosothu University of Technology students demonstrate in central Durban last year.
Image: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP Hundreds of Mangosothu University of Technology students demonstrate in central Durban last year.

After this week, the University of KwaZulu-Natal has joined the ranks of the chronically dysfunctional universities of South Africa. In fact, it is now questionable whether this once famed institution is a university in all but name.

How does one stop the rot?