UCT, like other South African universities, is under pressure to escalate the percentage of Black academic staff and have launched the Next Generation Professoriate initiative as part of its efforts to address the paucity of senior black academics.
John Webb, in for Kieno Kammies, spoke to Professor Francis Petersen, Deputy Vice Chancellor at UCT.
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