Dear Concerned UCT Alumni
We URGENTLY need your UCT vote to keep the newly elected Council balanced and fair.
UCT is running the 2020-2024 Convocation Elections and BDS have put together a slate of candidates to run with the aim of overturning the work that has been achieved. This is a hostile takeover of UCT and we need your help to stop it.
If you hold a UCT degree or diploma, or are a lecturer or researcher at the University, you are a member of the UCT Convocation and can vote.
Last year supporters of academic freedom won an important victory over BDS, and prevented a boycott of Israel at the University. Now we need your help to lock that victory into place.
There are some excellent applicants running this year that have not been involved in BDS activity and that are committed to taking UCT forward and making it a better institution for all. We encourage you to support the 4 candidates below, by exercising your right to vote in the 2020 Council elections.
When you are done, please pass this message on to other UCT alumni who can vote on this issue.
CANDIDATES TO VOTE FOR:
We strongly suggest the following candidates who bring a mix of youth, experience, and principle to the UCT council table:
- Moses Chiropa - Civil Engineer: Developmental Construction Expert
- Landa Mabenge - SA Mandela Washington Fellow, Award-Winning Author, Consultant
- Christopher L Vaughan - Bio-Medical Engineering Professor, Former Member of UCT Council
- Marlene Le Roux - Women and Child Rights Activist, CLR Commissioner, Arts and Culture Expert.
HOW TO VOTE:
Voting is currently open and will close at 16:00 SAST on 21 May 2020.
Members of Convocation may vote for up to four candidates.
- Go to the eBallot login page
Email notifications have been sent to those members of Convocation for whom the UCT Development and Alumni Department (DAD) has email addresses. If you do not have a registered email address with the DAD, please email convocationelection@uct.ac.za and request a username and password to participate in the electronic ballot. Once verified, you will receive a username, password (D.O.B), and voting instructions by email (note you can only vote if you are a UCT Alumni). - Log in with your username and password, which are:
Username: The e-mail address at which you received this notification
Password: Your date of birth in yyyy/mm/dd format (please include the forward slashes). Should you have any difficulty, please contact convocationelection@uct.ac.za - Select "Convocation Election: UCT Council"
As UCT Alumni, you can make a difference, by voting for the right candidates,.
Please pass this message onto other alumni.
VOTE NOW and secure UCT’s future