The University of Cape Town Black Academic Caucus (BAC) is a collective of black academics committed to transformation in Higher Education in South Africa.
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined February 2016
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Volence is so voluminous and gratuitous in our society that our moral compasses no longer function ... The threshold requirements for us to be moved and emote are higher than they should be in a decent society in which the right to life is sacrosanct.
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BAC Response to the April 06, 2021 Statement of the UCT Vice Chancellor on the matter of the UCT DVC: Transformation Position
BAC request for the UCT Executive to postpone the resumption of the academic year until all UCT students are registered.
The Mayosi report panel was alive to the mental health debates in institutions of higher learning in South Africa, a focus that was further reinforced by the IRTC report of 2018 and the FHS’s Mental Health Working Group (MHWG) findings of April 2019.
These reports highlighted, in addition to student unrest, the broader effects of racism, discrimination and the slow pace of transformation on the mental wellbeing of campus communities.’ #MayosiReport #IRTCReport #FHSMentalHealthReport #WeAreNotOk
‘There are anecdotal accounts of micro-aggression or resistance observed by administrative support staff who had served various deans and deputy deans.
In one reported instance Professor Mayosi had instructed his personal assistant to arrange a meeting with a white colleague who, in a hostile tone, asked why he did not call personally.
The assistant indicated her puzzlement at this reaction since she had never encountered it when she had acted upon similar instructions from previous deans.’
#RacismRunsDeep@FHS #AnotherProfDunn? #JusticForMayosi #MayosiReport
‘It is worth noting that black scholars from other historically white South African universities expressed their surprise at how UCT’s institutional culture of informal networks was so deeply entrenched.
Many expressed frustrations with these subtle tendencies, which were so embedded that they made it difficult to confront and resolve issues openly.
Remarkably, this observation was also made by some white academics and executives who had worked in other historically white institutions outside the Western Cape Province'.
#WhatNow? #JusticeForMayosi