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Aslam Fataar
African universities must place community engagement at the centre
African and South African universities face a deepening crisis of legitimacy. To rebuild democratic purpose, institutions must move community engagement from the margins to the…
Reclaiming reason for transformation: Academic populism and the university
Universities are ethical institutions. They shape how society thinks, argues, judges and imagines its future. At their best, they cultivate critical reason, democratic judgment…
Reclaiming reason for transformation: Academic populism and the university
This article reflects on the growing trend of academic populism in higher education, particularly in South Africa, and its impact on genuine transformation. It argues that…
‘Kill the Boer’ is a betrayal of SA’s democratic promise
To speak against Julius Malema’s use of the chant is not to stand with racists but with the Constitution