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The darker side of Indians

The darker side of Indians

There is no light side to racial prejudice.

Motshekga acts on exam leaks

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has done the right thing by stepping into the matric exam mess in Mpumalanga

‘Outdated’ technical courses to return

The department of higher education and training is reintroducing the “outdated Nated” courses.

Matric boss quits

With the split in the education ministry, matric exams head Penny Vinjevold has quit to take up the position of superintendent- general.

Reign of vice

Until recently, Ndlovu was South Africa’s highest-paid vice-chancellor, earning a R3,7-million package in 2007.

Trading oil for education

How do you plug the brain drain of students leaving your country to study in the United States?

African universities’ united response to climate change

Mesa has drawn on a community of scholars, researchers, teachers, students, government officials in higher education, private sector and civil society

Leaders under fire

If higher education is not prioritised, Africa’s problems won’t be solved.

Deeds, not words for higher education

Governments and heads of state in the African Union have emphasised the importance of higher education in the development of modern Africa.

Government beefs up funding

Tuition fee increases at most of South Africa’s 23 public higher education institutions have been kept below 10% or did not increase at all this year.

Cricket bat beatings at NWU

From savage initiation rights to claims of race bias, the Potch campus is out of date and under review, writes Primarashni Gower.

Bugging boss

Aaron Ndlovu, the vice-chancellor of Mangosuthu University of Technology, had software installed to record the phone conversations of staff members.

Outspoken UKZN professor quits

Top UKZN physicist Professor Nithaya Chetty, facing a disciplinary tribunal for criticising vice-chancellor Malegapuru Makgoba in the media, has quit.

‘Failing the majority’

‘The current system is hampering economic growth and development’

Committee to stem flow of outgoing engineers

On average a professor earns an annual package of R500 000, while junior and senior lecturers earn between R250 000 and R350 000.

Govt funding under the spotlight

New report on academic freedom calls for a greater transparency around funding allocations, writes Primarashni Gower.

Where graduates go

A recent survey reveals the students employers place on a university’s reputation, writes Primarashni Gower.

UKZN to clip Bond’s wings

The future of Durban’s Centre for Civil Society hangs in the balance

New rating system for academics

Academics will now receive funding based on their rating, writes Primarashni Gower.

‘We are failing the poor’

Children in South Africa’s poorest schools are performing the worst and it is the children of the poor whom society is failing the most. This is according to the head of Wits…