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Transformation: The ethical task is to pursue redress while maintaining openness across race, class, gender, sexuality, language, nationality and belief. Photo: Freepik
HIGHER EDUCATION

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…

  • Aslam Fataar
7 min read
Academic agenda: University of Cape Town students express their views about fees. File Photo
SOUTH AFRICA

RESET@50: Youth cannot build a future they are excluded from

Fifty years after the 1976 Soweto Uprising, South Africa's "born-free" generation faces high unemployment and limited access to opportunities. This Youth Month, the call for a…

  • Lateefah Matinka
4 min read
Honour: The children and young people of 1976 saw through the ruse too and drew a line in the sand. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
APARTHEID

It is our turn to courageously repay the debt we owe to June 16 champions

Professor Thuli Madonsela reflects on the profound debt owed to the children and young people who confronted the apartheid state on June 16, 1976. She explores whether their…

8 min read