UCT admits Ngobeni is facing hearing.(News)

BYLINE: NATASHA JOSEPH

THE University of Cape Town (UCT) has finally admitted its deputy registrar, Paul Ngobeni, is the subject of an internal disciplinary hearing.

But the institution says it will not disclose what charges Ngobeni faces, nor the composition of the disciplinary committee because it does not want to conduct its internal processes "in the public domain".

Ngobeni, UCT's deputy registrar (legal services and secretariat), first attracted attention when he penned an opinion piece for the Cape Times last October in which he said "calls by some lawyers and academics for the removal of Judge President John Hlophe (were) intended as a …