UM: International

The Independent – a newspaper in Cape Town, South Africa – interviews Pallo Jordan, the country’s minister of arts and culture. Jordan is “Jordan is playful, a fabulous raconteur, dramatic, alternately hilarious and derisive,” reports Maureen Isaacson. The article states that his mother, Phyllis Ntantala, who is described as “an eminent academic and writer,” lectures at UM. However, her name doesn’t show up in the university’s online directory. [Source]