As a country with a developing economy, why are we so obsessed with university?
The facts not in dispute are that Cecil John Rhodes was an “arch-imperialist and white supremacist who treated people of this region as sub-human"
Machanick reviews the merits of journalist Ashlee Vance’s biography of Elon Musk.
The level of outrage at wrongdoing should be weighted by harm done to the vulnerable. Instead, the Ombud seems more sensitive to harmed privilege
There is a growing mood around the world of rejecting conventional authority – Occupy Wall Street, Arab Spring, hashtag protests like #FeesMustFall.
It’s better to choose a university based on your own criteria and not on its rating.
The narrow focus on Nkandla misses the point of the rot that lies at the heart of the ANC’s patronage engine, writes Philip Machanick.
We can condemn the reckless use of free speech by the cartoonists, but the response of the extremists was not justified, writes Philip Machanick.
The new and fast-growing discipline offers a variety of interesting career opportunities.
The youth wage subsidy is a shameless populist attempt at grabbing the youth vote, writes Agang SA’s Philip Machanick.