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Hashtag lessons from the US and South Africa about racism and antiblackness

Opinion Nelson Maldonado-Torres - 29 Jun 2020

The #Black Lives Matter, #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall movements show that democracy cannot happen without decolonisation

Unnatural: Conservation is yet another legacy of colonialism

Opinion Gabriel Hoosain Khan & Sianne Alves - 10 Jun 2020

Using assumptions and faulty tools leads to racist conclusions about why so few black students are taking up biological sciences

Habib leaves with no regrets about the decisions he made at Wits

Article Bongekile Macupe - 21 Feb 2020

The vice-chancellor announced he will be heading to SOAS next year

SA youth’s tomorrow should start today

Article James Maposa - 17 Feb 2020

Young people want better representation in the corridors of power, a decent education and an economy that guarantees them jobs

Transform campuses, transform society

Article Colin Chasi 1 & Ylva Rodny-Gumede - 7 Feb 2020

These transit points can move the decolonisation process forward by breaking down barriers

Where will neoliberalism end?

Article William Shoki - 22 Jan 2020

LONG READ As the world was overtaken by upheaval last year, one photo emerging from the uprisings depicts...

What comes after nationalism in Africa? A luta continua

Article Sean Jacobs - 13 Jan 2020

There are a number of cases in the past decade where Africans have managed to push the conversation beyond liberal reforms...

#FeesMustFall activist Kanya Cekeshe eligible for immediate parole

Article Franny Rabkin - 17 Dec 2019

Sentence remissions announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa means that about 9% of inmates are eligible for a reduced sentence

Kanya Cekeshe’s lawyer appeals decision not to grant him bail to the high court

Multimedia Staff Reporter - 16 Oct 2019

Kanya Cekeshe’s legal team filed an urgent appeal at the Johannesburg high court on Tuesday against Monday’s judgment by magistrate Theunis Carstens.

Kanya Cekeshe’s lawyer appeals decision not to grant him bail to the high court

Article Bongekile Macupe - 15 Oct 2019

After being denied bail, the #FeesMustFall activist's legal team is going to the Johannesburg high court

Fees Must Fall activist Kanya Cekeshe has been denied bail

Multimedia Malcolm Sekgothe - 15 Oct 2019

Leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command Mandla Shikwambana and Kanya Cekeshe's uncle Mnikelo Madala react to Cekeshe's bail denial.

Kanya Cekeshe to know his faith on Monday

Article Bongekile Macupe - 10 Oct 2019

In court, his defence tore holes in the state case and how he ended up admitting guilt for setting a police vehicle on fire

#FeesMustFall charges were politically motivated and concocted

Article Bonginkosi Khanyile - 7 Oct 2019

Some activists in the movement are rewarded for their role in the struggle for free, decolonised education; others are imprisoned.

Academics bemoan ‘toxic’ politics

Article Mark Paterson - 30 Aug 2019

Senior university managers say political parties should be banned from campuses, citing a climate of fear

#FeesMustFall activist elated after his house arrest conditions have been relaxed

Article Bongekile Macupe - 26 Aug 2019

Bonginkosi Khanyile says not having police coming to his house everyday is a step forward for him gaining his freedom

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Traditional healers need new spaces

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Proper facilities supported by well-researched cultural principles will go a long way to improving the image and perception of the practice of traditional medicine

National

Limpopo big-game farmer accused of constant harassment

Lucas Ledwaba - 23 Nov 2020

A family’s struggle against alleged intimidation and failure to act by the authorities mirrors the daily challenges farm dwellers face

National

Zondo tightens his grip with criminal complaint against Zuma

Sarah Smit - 23 Nov 2020

The state capture commission’s star witness now faces a criminal complaint and another summons

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Land reform still a hot potato

special reports - 24 Nov 2020

The land has got to belong to all the people of South Africa, and many believe that there’s no other mechanism for that except expropriation

Special Reports

UP chemical pathology scientists develop ground-breaking nanobodies for Covid-19 detection and therapy

special reports - 24 Nov 2020

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Inclusion as learned experience in higher education

special reports - 23 Nov 2020

Understanding the complexity of intersections between oppressions relating to race and gender is key to any commitment to creating a culture of inclusion and social justice

Special Reports

Local government in crisis: how it can be fixed

special reports - 20 Nov 2020

Local governments are supposed to promote non-racial development, in a decentralised manner, but the reality does not match up

Special Reports

Covid-19 accelerates adoption of technology by the African property sector

special reports - 20 Nov 2020

It’s not the technology itself that is valuable, it’s the opportunities that it creates: this may be the perfect time for reinvention

Special Reports

BE 1 OF 8 LUCKY PEOPLE TO DRIVE OFF WITH R80 000

special reports - 19 Nov 2020

From 23 to 30 November 2020, simply purchase any BMW bearing the number “8” and you could be one of eight lucky people to drive off with R80 000

Special Reports

Introducing Sabinet Judgments

special reports - 18 Nov 2020

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The Southern Africa Tuberculosis and Health Systems Support Research and Publication Interventions

special reports - 13 Nov 2020

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