NAMIBIA

Namibian university council crisis meeting ends in chaos

A crisis meeting by the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) council to address various allegations of impropriety ended in a cul-de-sac as council members failed to reach consensus on an envisaged investigation, writes Edward Mumbuu for New Era Live.

The council held a meeting this week on the allegations, and to map a way forward. NUST’s council is the institution’s supreme policy-making body, headed by banker Florette Nakusera. The meeting, this paper is reliably informed, ended in chaos with council members walking out.

Reliable sources briefed on the issue said the council was divided on whether or not the NUST management should spearhead an investigation implicating members of the executive.
Full report on the New Era Live site