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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

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The humanities can cure our colonial, patriarchal hangover

Article Adam Haupt - 28 May 2019

Two academic articles raise questions about the inherent racism and sexism in scientific methodologies and research ethics

How to write about Binyavanga

Article Staff Reporter - 26 May 2019

Writing about Binyavanga, as is writing about Africa, is about what is left off the page

Scientific racism rears its head again

Article Christa Kuljian - 10 May 2019

A recent journal article on ‘coloured’ women reflects an outmoded paradigm of race

It’s in the blood

Article Tamsin Oxford & Gavin Foster - 29 Jun 2018

TW Kambule-NSTF Award: Researcher through research and its outputs by an individual

Put Africa back in our universities

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Mar 2017

Decolonising and reimagining institutions is not a mere theory or idealism but a responsibility

Stellenbosch students traumatised by ‘men in black’ still have to write exams

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Nov 2016

Students distressed by events on campus asked for an opportunity to write exams in 2017.

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Study paves the way for Karoo lamb to join the ranks of tequila, champagne and Kobe

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Aug 2016

Research from Stellenbosch University has shown that grazing on fragrant Karoo plants gives lamb a regional taste.

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English given equal status at Stellenbosch, made primary language of instruction at University of Pretoria

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Jun 2016

Stellenbosch has also committed to growing isiXhosa in effort to 'facilitate social cohesion and promote inclusivity'.

Afrikaners: Stand up for what is right, for our future

Article Josua Loots - 2 Mar 2016

A language is not preserved by formal applications, but rather in the home, in the arts and in literature, writes Josua Loots.

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Afrikaans varsities perpetuate racial divisions

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Mar 2016

The use of a language that bars the majority of black African students - who do not understand Afrikaans - is indefensible.

Smaller steps for mankind

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Aug 2015

South Africa is set to launch nanosatellites that will gather valuable data before self-destructing.

Decolonising Wits: Politics of the toyi-toyi on-screen

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 25 Jun 2015

Aryan Kaganof’s film about Wits deceptively reflects on the political grandstanding at the institution.

Rethinking Maties’ apartheid past

Article Mandisa Mbali & - 7 Jun 2013

The retro arrangement of Stellenbosch’s Sasol Museum’s artifacts is a gem for cultural study.

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Vast improvements in pupils’ national test results ‘not possible’

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Dec 2012

If the annual national assessments are to be believed, SA has the fastest developing education system in the world - a highly unlikely conclusion.

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