At UCT, head of general surgery professor Elmi Muller asked professor Elelwani Ramugondo, dean for postgraduate education, to intervene in the matter.
Muller said UCT has a strong surgery program and most of its students usually passed the FCS exam.
“We are concerned that the paper was leaked,” Muller said in her letter to Ramugondo.
“I am very concerned about the impact that this exam’s results will have on the individuals concerned. There was clearly a problem with this exam.”
Senkubuge said the upcoming probe will look into the leak allegations. “The colleagues who are speaking to you should be able to bring any knowledge of any leak that they might suspect.
“They can also come and make submissions to the investigation. It will be transparent,” she said.
In the meeting with academics, Senkubuge rebuffed Luvhengo’s assertions that were elements of racism. “I want to debunk this myth that people are failing,” she said.
“What is true is that indeed African males are failing more than each and every single other person.
“So, we ask them - because we saw them in the listening tours - ‘what is happening’? Are they not passing the college because there’s something else that’s underlying?
“Many of them were quite candid and they said, ‘listen doctor Senkubuge the reason why we’re failing is because we’re trying to take care of our families. We’re never there (for preparations). We’re R1 (surgeries) and that’.
“It is not true that you have foreign people passing and South Africans are not passing,” said Senkubuge.
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