Another race row brewing at UCT Share Another race-charged row is brewing at the University of Cape Town over the axing of a black woman in charge of transformation only to be replaced by a 72-year-old retired âwhite saviourâ on a R2-million salary package at a time when academics, staff and unions have been ordered to make cut-backs. Deputy vice-chancellor: Transformation, Professor Loretta Feris was removed and replaced with British historical archaeologist Professor Martin Hall, who served in a variety of roles at UCT between 1983 and 2008, assumed duties as acting deputy Vice-Chancellor: Transformation on 1 April, prompting an uproar on campus.