‘You can restart the process to rename Rhodes if you like’: Vice-chancellor Mabizela

Rhodes University vice-chancellor Prof Sizwe Mabizela says anyone who believes the name of the institution should be changed should follow proper channels and restart the process as it has been done before. Speaking to journalists on Friday ahead of an alumni event in Durban, Mabizela said in 2016 comprehensive consultations had been held with different stakeholders about a name change.“After a very detailed and thorough process the final decision was to retain the name of the university. Alumni were consulted, students who were there then were consulted and there was broad…