#FirstThingsFirst: UCT lecturers give white students better grades, according to a whistleblower, How prevalent is this?

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The Siz The World team weighs in on what to make of news of a whistleblower report of UCT’s academics in the faculty of social development having allegedly awarding higher marks to white students while penalising black students in a perpetuation of racism and a culture of inequality.

Former head of department (HoD), Prof Ndangwa Noyoo, who has been acknowledged by the Department of Higher Education and Training as the UCT whistleblower, revealed this in an affidavit he penned to the department and the presidency.

The team asks on what to make of news of UCT lecturers giving white students better grades, according to a whistleblower and asks how prevalent is this?
7 Aug 2025 1AM English South Africa Entertainment News

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