Cape Peninsula University Of Technology
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Several universities are facing deepening governance crises marked by institutional capture, leadership instability and weakened accountability systems, say higher education…
Financial exclusion: A call for Fees Must Fall 2.0?
Protests over accommodation shortfalls have taken place at the University of Cape Town, Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Nelson Mandela University
Cape Town fire update: Mop-up operations underway, students receive local support
Clean-up operations and repairs to infrastructure are being initiated, while the full extent of the damage wrought by the fire is still being assessed
Debt drives students to despair
Thousands of students, who owe billions of rands in outstanding fees to universities, can’t get their qualification certificates and so can’t get jobs
District Six wound to be healed
Plans include reintroducing Hanover Street and property rights for returning victims of removals
‘White fragility’ is damaging SA universities
Academics at a recent meeting called for white liberals to acknowledge they ‘are the problem’
Universities offer HIV treatment
On-campus clinics roll out ARTs to students to improve access and decrease stigma
Open varsity gates to the commons
These institutions needn’t be discrete spaces and can be used to change the urban environment
No tidy truths in the post-colony
Recent debate exposes both student activists’ and academics’ blind spots on decolonisation
Using knowledge for advanced economic efficiencies
The DST is fueling innovation through investment in research and development
The chameleon: Musonda Kabwe
Musonda Kabwe’s graphics are bold and often include an interesting interplay between traditional and digital media.
‘Climate of terror’ reigns at CPUT
Staff and students want the university to fire a security company that’s ‘militarising’ the campus
CPUT students deny causing unrest on campus, blaming the university instead
Students claim in court papers the university is trying to find ‘somebody to blame for its failures’
Varsity’s ex-VC cries foul over ousting
The CPUT head, found guilty of misconduct, claims he was targeted for exposing corruption
The rise and fall of a CPUT vice-chancellor
Even before taking over the reins at the CPUT, Dr Prins Nevhutalu’s journey to his appointment as vice-chancellor was marred by controversy.