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Grahamstown activist arrested for book theftActivists have accused police of assaulting and laying false charges against UPM's Ayanda Kota in retaliation for his anti-government stance. Fikile Bam dies at Milpark HospitalJudge President of the Land Claims Court, Fikile Bam, has died at Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg. Wanted: A new student politicsThe work-in-progress of liberation requires students to muster a daily heroism. Looking in all the wrong places for real learningTrying to find ways of teaching English better won't solve anything for most in South Africa. Affirmative action meets white mediocrityHenry Louis Gates Jr's admission reflects a fundamental problem with affirmative action. Freeing oppressed mindsWhere is the Black Consciousness Movement for our time? We need it, argues N Barney Pityana. Quo vadis university education?Graduations took place all over the country last month. Flashbulbs popped on stages as chancellors conferred degrees on the bowed heads of thousands. Secrets of postgrad successPostgraduate study can be exhilarating, but it can also be terrifying and overwhelming. Masincokole: Talk to me!Learning an African language is essential to breaking down barriers, writes Russell H Kaschula. Grasping differenceThe debate around the Centre for African Studies at UCT is really about the perceived need to institutionalise difference. African languages are cool, ok?There is a crisis in African languages, particularly at school level, that everyone concerned will have to address. On the cusp of reinventionIt is necessary to reach the nation in languages that they understand best. You are what you eat ...Dr Niall Vine and his team are developing methods to mass produce the probiotics diet supplement that improves the perlemoen’s immune system. Can African journalists construct citizen-centric communications?High on the Highway Africa agenda will be debates on how to deepen the democratisation role of the media. A win for transparencyThe DTI has accepted a parliamentary submission by the M&G arguing for greater transparency in the new Companies Bill. No ordinary scientistTebello Nyokong has come a long way -- from herding sheep in Lesotho as a young girl to becoming a professor of medicinal chemistry and nanotechnology Engineering food suppliesAs a young learner growing up in Zimbabwe, Dionne Shepherd was fascinated by molecular/physical science and astronomy. Messing about with mobileNews on mobile: Guy Berger writes about a bid to crack cellphones for future journalism. Return to critical scholarshipIntellectuals, public officials, business and civil-society leaders and political commentators have complained about South African universities' lack of "visibility". For some, universities have not addressed the myriad economic and social-development challenges the country faces. Selebi saga bags M&G top newspaper awardThe saga of police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi has won the Mail & Guardian's investigations team the Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Award for story of the year, it was announced on Wednesday evening at the seventh annual awards ceremony held at the Wanderers club in Johannesburg. |
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