The University of Pretoria’s new vice-chancellor has set his sights on the opportunities that going continental offers
Many students seem unaware of policies and lack the knowledge to name sexual violations as such
‘Clearly our universities are no welcoming safe spaces for women,’ writes Lukhona Mnguni
The university senate is fighting over the limited execution of a limited sexual violence strategy
President Ramaphosa’s administration is planning to lay off 30 000 public servants in the next three years. More in this week’s unembargoed.
Has the university, rocked by protests in 2016, done enough to address gender violence?
We need to drop race as a category and rather see people according to their different needs
‘Today, women might be politically free like all other South Africans, but they remain enslaved in the shackles of a predatory patriarchy’
Khensani Maseko is alleged to have taken her own life as a result of a rape
Biological traits and social constructions play a part in our nuanced relations with each other
For many who remember what happened in 2016, it’s ‘safer’ to stay silent as students are afraid they’ll be punished
Ask anyone who was at Rhodes, this specific formulation of uMakhulu was promoted by Magoqwana
Lucas Ledwaba talks to ANC stalwart Andrew Mlangeni about his experience of dispossession and land restitution
One of the biggest prisons we were afraid of being locked up in though, was the jail of ignorance.
"I am a Xhosa woman who is raising a Xhosa boy. If this is your manhood, madoda, keep it. Your priorities are very skewed".
‘Students “choose” English. This is not the “choice” anticipated by the Constitution’
Two unnamed student activists have been expelled for life from Rhodes University, while protesting against rape culture at the university.
The facts not in dispute are that Cecil John Rhodes was an “arch-imperialist and white supremacist who treated people of this region as sub-human"
The university council said in a statement that it had been a difficult decision to make and there were no winners from the process.
Universities seem to be shifting their focus to research-based tertiary education and accommodating more postgraduate students
"It was day one of our friendship, but I had already gone through so many of the friendship motions with this stranger".
Students tell their stories of how they were violated by fellow students, how they dealt with it and how the institution responded.
Students say Habib has been invited to address mass meetings ever since the protests began, but failed to show up.
‘As academics and support staff, their struggle is ours too.’
Students reportedly protested peacefully on Wednesday in solidarity with other students across the country who are calling for free higher education.
Rhodes University’s Vashna Jagarnath explains why she teaches her history students about Prince.
From startling insights from the Guptas’ former guards to an interview with Mr Please Call Me – what to expect in this week’s Mail & Guardian.
Survivors of sexual violence are unhappy with universities’ policies and actions, and researchers say under-reporting is part of the problem.
It is very clear that the issue of rape needs serious attention. If the protesters achieve that, it will be a step forward.
I support outing the list of alleged rapists at Rhodes, because what other recourse is there for victims, writes Pontsho Pilane.
Rhodes University sought and succeeded in obtaining an interdict against student protesters on Wednesday after five students were arrested on campus.
In this edited extract, As Real as the Smell of Rain on Dry Earth, Richard Pithouse reflects on change at Rhodes, where he teaches politics.