Appeal court orders Fort Hare to allow student to graduate
After protracted legal battles that ‘should not have even made the university’s Senate agenda’, Mbali Silimela has triumphed
07 September 2023 - 21:22
A former University of Fort Hare student will finally graduate with a teaching degree after the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) dismissed the institution’s bid to appeal two separate high court rulings in his favour. ..
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