The inequities that start from birth

Social contexts must dictate the curriculum for 0- to four-year-olds.

Wanted: A new student politics

The work-in-progress of liberation requires students to muster a daily heroism.

Behind the high-fives

If there was gain, there was pain too for students on the UFS leadership programme.

The difficulties of diversity

It was a challenging week for University of the Free State students visiting New York.

UFS Diaries of Change

The M&G has accompanied 116 UFS students to the US on a new leadership programme introduced after the notorious Reitz residence video.

Jansen: 'Come back changed individuals'

Vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen encourages UFS students to try the unexpected ahead of their overseas trip.

Bid to nullify UFS student poll

The South African Students' Congress (Sasco) has taken legal action against the UFS for allegedly 'banning' political activity on campus.

'Mediocrity isn't a national imperative'

As the second anniversary of his assuming the reins at UFS approaches, Jonathan Jansen bemoans the anti-excellence culture in South Africa.

In search of leaders

A second group of first-year students at the UFS will spend time abroad this year on a leadership programme.

Reitz Four Equality Court matter settled out of court

The Equality Court matter between the "Reitz Four" students and the University of the Free State (UFS) workers has been settled out of court.

‘We too have a dream,’ say UFS students

Diverse campus lifestyles in the US inspire Kovsies to become ‘cohorts of change’.

Campus a 'battleground for politics'

Politics is playing a "devastating" role on campus and has made universities the terrain where "comrades and racists struggle".

93-year-old gets her PhD

Dr Anna de Jager received her doctoral degree in religious studies last week during the spring graduation ceremony at UFS.

Two of 'Reitz Four' fail to register at UFS

Two of the former "Reitz Four", who could have continued with their studies at the University of the Free State this year, have not registered.

UFS is still 'one campus, two races'

The University of the Free State campus is still divided along racial lines, Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande said on Thursday.

Jansen chooses to hide behind academic freedom

Our goal to transform our society is implicit in our actions towards forging a united, nonracial, non-sexist and democratic society.

Mining for medicine

Healers and scientists team up to play on a competitive pharmaceutical field. Jan A Botha reports.

Reitz video case postponed

The case against four former University of the Free State students who made a racist video was postponed to next month.

Reitz video coverage features at media awards

The video that swept up the University of the Free State in a racial storm featured strongly at the regional Vodacom Journalist of the Year awards.

'Try traps on your own cojones'

While activists try to ban gin traps, the government says there are 'humane' ways to use them.

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