Retroid Raving

This today in the Cape Crimes:

 "THE lawyer employed by the University of Cape Town to give it legal advice, Paul Ngobeni - found guilty of misconduct and barred from practising in three American states - says news of his difficulties emerged only after he leapt to the defence of embattled Cape Judge President John Hlophe.

It was a smear campaign by some whites, said Ngobeni."

Really?  Not just by people concerned that UCT may be employing someone whose professional reputation is besmirched? Oh, and it gets better:

"Ngobeni said he did not have to inform UCT of the charges and convictions before his appointment, as they were public knowledge and had been published on the internet. "

Riiiiight....  So as long as it is on the internet - somewhere - you are not under any obligation to inform your new employer that there may be some rather large problems looming up on the horizon?  And as for the statement that "...the matters before the US court "will be dismissed as frivolous and unfounded", you might take a look at this....

I will be reading further developments with great interest. 

So UCT actually HAS a blogging site - albeit not official - and the rave is on...!

 Let me qualify that: I have, in other more private correspondence, bemoaned the fact there does not appear to be a legitimate forum at UCT to raise institution-wide grievances.  Other than Senate, of course, and you have to (a) be a member, (b) stay awake long enough and (c) be quick enough to make ANY kind of point, let alone (d) get it answered.

 So this was a great find - totally accidental; it came up on a Google search I was doing for the Academy of Science of South Africa home page.  But who cares; all I have to say is - viva!  UCT blog pages, viva!

 And just maybe we can get some semi- or quasi-official responses to some of the matters raised here...and if you believe that, you believe that Not the Monday Paper is a serious publication.

Till later.