Pieter du Toit | How UCT and some media help to normalise Gupta agents like Matshela Koko
If Matshela Koko can teach UCT students about"ethics and professionalism," then Jacob Zuma can lecture them about clean governance, writesThe decision to invite Eskom’s former head of generation Matshela Koko to deliver a lecture at the University of Cape Town’s department of civil engineering must have been preceded by quite an interesting discussion.
The chat might have been attended by Professor Mark Zuidgeest, the departmental head, and some colleagues, who, in their quest to widen the exposure of their students to different ideas and intellectual contestation, discussed which external speaker would be able to blast open their charges’ minds.South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we're about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism.
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