ACADEMIC MOBBING AT UCT: SHOCKING, NEVERENDING STORY?
By Marika Sboros
Academic bullying or mobbing as it has become known is an ugly phenomenon. It’s a scourge, endemic in even the best universities in countries across the globe.
South Africa is no exception, as the extent of academic mobbing at the University of Cape Town (UCT) reveals.
A series of articles in the Cape Doctor magazine covers two egregious examples of academic mobbing at UCT. (Scroll down for a link to the online version.)
In a scorching editorial, editor Dr John Steer hits out at UCT for what many see as an entrenched culture of mobbing.