‘I don’t believe there was any recipe to passing my matric’
Universities have an ethical duty to cultivate safe and inclusive spaces of recognition and respect
USAf is hosting its first ever national higher education conference to discuss challenges and successes in the higher education sector
Given attacks against media and important questions being raised about our work, we need to be open about why we do what we do
The #OutsourcingMustFall movement and its outcomes would change lives forever
The latest rankings of higher education institutions in emerging economies show that the continent is progressing
Israeli academics’ silence in response equates to complicity in the illegal occupation of Palestinian land and life
The student organisation must be involved in the transformation of education and the country
China is not always the largest lender and Chinese companies sometimes act in their own interests
What is needed is to increase women’s economic participation and contribution to the national output
Innovation Award: SMME for innovations and their research and/or development by a team or individual
Universities seem to be shifting their focus to research-based tertiary education and accommodating more postgraduate students
Most industry players believe the criteria used in university rankings leave out critical considerations such as the social context of South Africa.
The university says it had consulted the institution’s student representative council before making the decision.
The former public protector will take up her position in 2018 after a sabbatical.
When several South African universities merged, it was hoped this would improve access and equality. It had the opposite effect.
A new report highlights the need for children to be able to ‘read for meaning’ by grade three so that they do not struggle in matric.
The gap between haves and have-nots is already set in stone for life in primary school, a study says.
The use of a language that bars the majority of black African students – who do not understand Afrikaans – is indefensible.
Discriminatory cultural and language practices at schools deny black pupils the chance to do as well at university as their white counterparts.
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The high cost of treatment makes mental healthcare inaccessible to those using public health services.
We should resist the seduction of violence when calling out the brutality of structural racism at our universities, writes Tinyiko Maluleke.
Stellenbosch University management addressed allegations of racism raised in "Luister" after being hauled before a parliamentary portfolio committee.
It is specious of this university to hide its black staff quota in stats and nonacademic posts.
Any change must deliver on the visions of the sidelined majority to be meaningful.
Spaces need scholars to deliberate in community and pursue crossdisciplinary work.
South African doctors announced they had performed the world’s first successful penis transplant, three months after the ground-breaking operation.
EFF leader Julius Malema addressed hundreds of students at Stellenbosch University, he said the suffering was not over and the struggle continues.
Wim de Villiers succeeds Stellenbosch University’s first black vice-chancellor Russel Botman who died of a heart attack this year.
The education minister criticised the domination of Afrikaans in teaching – and called on former Afrikaans universities to enrol more black students.
This doctor returned to his home town to live, love and heal.
Stellenbosch University says critical debate is more valuable than disciplinary action against students involved in a "blackface" incident.