Peter Vale

The single greatest failure of current punditry is the refusal to recognise that context matters.

"Prize-winning journalist Jonathan Ancer’s goal is clear … He wants to expose the man on the cover in all his infamy to set himself free"

Publishing in the academic world is extremely important, but why does it seem to be such a long, winding and twisted process?

Pam Maseko, a senior lecturer in African language studies at Rhodes, tells Peter Vale about the fight for greater recognition of our languages.

Over the past two decades, it has not been easy for any country – let alone a newly freed one – to understand the rapidly changing world.

Our education system is crying out for the resources eThekwini’s 2022 Commonwealth Games will consume.

By investing in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, South Africa will be sacrificing investment in pressing societal needs, such as schooling.

Spaces need scholars to deliberate in community and pursue crossdisciplinary work.

Increasingly we live in security states and power lies with those who draw the borders.

We need young people who are not afraid to stick to their convictions and who will put the people first.

The fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years ago has not led to the better world many hoped its collapse foretold.

What futures do varsities globally have? Peter Vale interviewed Craig Calhoun, director of the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Glenn Moss invites us to think of students as agents who can determine their own political destiny

A new book provides a useful critique of the impact the economic-centred society is having on the purpose of higher-education institutions.

Peter Vale writes an open letter to focus the new incumbent’s priorities and tasks.