His fair skin did not bring him any benefits during apartheid. He was regarded as too white by black people and too black by white people
Without biocontrol, Hartbeespoort Dam could be 70% covered in superweed
It flashed across the sky – at 72 000km an hour – and sounded like 92 tonnes of TNT exploding
National Arts Festival continues to create platforms for creatives, 50 years later
Rhodes University and civic organisations partnered up – and radically boosted results
Online news articles in September were dominated by references to courts – cadre deployment, contempt, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Eskom, corruption, Makhanda high court
A walk through the city centre and two suburbs was an exercise in mindfulness and learning how to be home again
The pods make a delicious coffee and the cattle like them too, but the tree sucks up groundwater and destroys biodiversity
Heavy rain and pollution has led to the aquatic weed increasing its coverage to about 50% of the dam
Through a series of interventions, Mbali Khoza explores how native people across time and space have mused over, navigated and negotiated black mobility.
The University of Cape Town and the University of Johannesburg are top universities on the continent in the latest international rankings
The coverage of the invasive superweed has been reduced to 12.5% from 40% in February
About 300 000 planthoppers have been released on Hartbeespoort Dam to control the green horror
MTN has joined the list of companies that have made vaccines mandatory
Poorly treated wastewater in Tshwane is to blame for the water hyacinth and cyanobacteria colonies
‘We know what needs to be done, we just need to get on with what we need to do,’ said the former finance minister
Senzo Shabangu’s solo exhibition, showing as part of the National Arts Festival, interrogates the contradictions of life in Makhanda
The vice-chancellor of the University of the Free State has spoken about academic measures for students for the academic year following the national shutdown
George Euvrard spoke to Athandiwe Saba about his passion for education, clues on how to solve his crosswords and the importance of celebrating South Africa.
Universities and other higher education institutions have to develop ways of preventing or dealing with rape and other damaging behaviour
They stayed away because they feared getting Covid-19, had comorbidities, were in quarantine, had become infected and the safety measures such as curfews were too limiting
A Universities South Africa survey shows that 20 people — 19 staff members and one student — at local universities have died after contracting the coronavirus
The #Black Lives Matter, #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall movements show that democracy cannot happen without decolonisation
While teaching students during lockdown, institutions of higher learning are also using their expertise to make masks, develop vaccines and research labour abuses
Ministers outline initiatives and the plans for all education institutions
Fifty years after matriculating, a 67-year-old has become the oldest-ever first-year student to study at Rhodes University
Attention has been given to democratic South Africa’s first matric pass rate of more than 80%, but the reality is that schools with a 0% pass rate still exist
The municipality turned a deaf ear to residents’ cries — until they united and took it to court
My argument is that the doctorate hasn’t changed nearly enough because universities are essentially conservative spaces.
Those tasked with communicating on behalf of the government would do well to engage in some introspection regarding the purpose of their job
In a speech to graduates at Rhodes University, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela said that reviewing accepted wisdoms can help to repair the past
The #OutsourcingMustFall movement and its outcomes would change lives forever