Apartheid wealth cannot buy silence on Gaza
- The University of Cape Town (UCT) has lost 250 million rand ($15.2m) in donor funding after adopting two resolutions on Israel’s war on Gaza.
- Vice-Chancellor Mosa Moshabela disclosed the losses to Parliament in June, explaining that the Donald Gordon Foundation had withdrawn the remaining funding under a 200 million rand ($12.1m), 10-year commitment to a neuroscience institute.
- Other benefactors withheld another 50 million rand ($3m), including 15 million rand ($910,000) annually for bursaries.
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- The University of Cape Town (UCT) has lost 250 million rand ($15.2m) in donor funding after adopting two resolutions on Israel’s war on Gaza.
- Vice-Chancellor Mosa Moshabela disclosed the losses to Parliament in June, explaining that the Donald Gordon Foundation had withdrawn the remaining funding under a 200 million rand ($12.1m), 10-year commitment to a neuroscience institute.
- Other benefactors withheld another 50 million rand ($3m), including 15 million rand ($910,000) annually for bursaries.
Sources: Al Jazeera