Neo Lekgotla

Senior Lecturer: History Wits University School of Education & Post - Doctoral Fellow: 2016-2017

Sobukwe was no apartheid sellout, as Mapaila claims

Article Neo Lekgotla - 20 Feb 2019

The regime regarded the PAC leader as the only political prisoner. The others, including Nelson Mandela, were ‘ordinary’ prisoners

Why are there so few black professors?

Article Neo Lekgotla - 15 Jun 2017

The right question needs to be asked when it comes to staff representation

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Hairgate: We must look at language too to get to the root of the problem

Article Neo Lekgotla - 2 Sep 2016

Black women’s hair is deeply politicised and education experts are mulling over the significance of the learner-led protests in Pretorias.

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SA is rich in undervalued languages, but greedy for more

Analysis Neo Lekgotla - 3 Sep 2015

"We are such a multilingual country, but in government, when you hear people talk, you think we are a bilingual country"

Lessons from the Rhodes statue’s fall

Article Neo Lekgotla - 17 Apr 2015

Public memorials are part of our heritage, and can be dealt with creatively.

State of the Nation: Why I couldn’t bear to watch this show of no leadership

Article Neo Lekgotla - 20 Feb 2015

We boycotted and protested against apartheid and with our votes we have returned the ANC to power since 1994. We didn't do that to be oppressed.

What is the price of education?

Article Neo Lekgotla - 6 Feb 2015

The humanities and arts are sacrificed in the business of ensuring solvent universities.

The African vision has lost its focus

Article Neo Lekgotla - 6 Feb 2015

South Africa has strayed from its path to prioritise indigenous education, by only partly implementing powerful policies.

Press Releases

Special Reports

Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

Special Reports

Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

Special Reports

Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

Special Reports

Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

Special Reports

POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

Special Reports

CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

Special Reports

Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

Special Reports

JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

'Impact investing has become increasingly topical and for us to provide investors with access to sustainable investment options is a key focus'