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TimesLive reports that suspended vice-chancellor Dr Enoch Malaza, who earlier this month was granted an interdict preventing Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) from ending his contract, has agreed to leave the institution.
MUT announced on Monday that it had “parted ways” with Malaza and went on to indicate as follows: “Dr Malaza’s last day as an employee of the university is January 31. News of this mutually agreed upon termination of Dr Malaza’s tenure as VC was communicated by MUT chair of council Morailane Morailane. The vice-chancellor and principal will no longer be an employee of the university as of February 1. It is the view of council that this will end a period of unwelcome instability in the executive management and leadership ranks of the university.” The process to appoint Malaza's successor will start in March. Earlier this month, Malaza successfully launched an urgent court application to stop MUT from implementing the council's decision that he retire before the end of his five-year contract. The Labour Court heard that the council decided in September last year to force him to retire by 31 December as he had reached the age of 65. Malaza argued that he was employed on a five-year fixed-term contract which had not expired.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nivashni Nair at TimesLive
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