Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)NoticesStandard Institutional Statute22. Senate membership |
| (1) | Members of the senate must participate in the deliberations of the senate in the best interest of the institution. |
| (2) | Failure to act in the best interest of the institution or behaviour that brings the institution into disrepute may result in the removal from the senate following due process. |
| (3) | If it is alleged that a member is not acting in the best interest of the institution or has engaged in conduct that brings or tends to bring the institution into disrepute and at least one-third of the members of the senate at any meeting resolve that steps should be taken against that person, the senate must instruct that a hearing by an ad hoc committee of senate take place. |
| (4) | If the committee finds that the member has failed to act in the best interest of the institution or has behaved in a manner that brings the institution into disrepute then the committee may recommend that the member be removed from the senate. |
| (5) | The member may be removed from the senate if at least two-thirds of the members of the senate present at any meeting vote for his or her removal. |