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News24 reports that a top academic has taken his fight with Wits University to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). Professor Simon Nemutandani, the former CEO and head of school at Wits University's School of Oral Health Sciences, is contesting the non-renewal of his contract.
According to Nemutandani, who is also the president of the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA), he applied for a renewal of the contract in December 2020, which was due to end in August 2021. He said the health department approved his contract renewal on condition that Wits supported it. Apparently, he met with the dean of health sciences, Professor Shabir Madhi, in June 2021. Nemutandani said Madhi told him he would approve the reappointment when the head of human resources returned from leave. At the same meeting, Nemutandani informed Madhi that he had received a job offer from another university, but said he was encouraged not to accept it and stay at Wits. After that meeting, Nemutandani claimed Madhi informed him that some staff members threatened to resign if he was reappointed. They accused Nemutandani of being "tribal". He was later told that the university did not support his reappointment, which was when he approached the CCMA. "The allegations made by Prof Simon Nemutandani are denied," said Wits university spokesperson Shirona Patel. She indicated that the university would present its case to the CCMA.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tebogo Monama at News24
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