November 1, 2022
UCT crisis: Black academics and staff want Minister Blade Nzimande to intervene
![Nzimande wants to prioritise rural universities Minister Blade Nzimande said it cannot be that these rural universities remain as they were under the apartheid regime.](https://mg.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/a19c0ad0-00-nzimande-wants-to-prioritise-rural-universities-696x445.jpeg)
As the crisis at the University of Cape Town (UCT) rages on, black staff and academics want higher education minister Blade Nzimande to set up an independent commission of inquiry.
In a letter to the university last Thursday, seen by the Mail & Guardian but not yet made public, Dr Tiri Chinyoka, writing on behalf of black academics and staff, said Nzimande should intervene with an inquiry into what he called racist false claims about dysfunction at UCT.
Nzimande’s office could not be reached for comment at the time of writing.
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