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Place of woe: A photograph of an unknown artist’s illustration of the Star Chamber, circa 1800. Photo: Universal History Archive/Getty Images

OPINION| Social media: The new Star Chamber

People can be judged, found guilty and punished for posts they made years before and in a specific context

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – APRIL 9: The Cecil John Rhodes statue is removed at the University of Cape Town on April 9, 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa. After nearly a month of protesting, sit-ins and relentless meetings by students, the statue of British colonialist will finally be removed today. (Photo by Gallo Images / Foto24 / Liza van Deventer)

Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill contradicts the constitution

The draft Bill proposes to shield academics and scholars who propagate racist and bigoted ideas

Adam Habib’s bullying antics go on abroad

His demeaning behaviour at Wits was publicly exposed – yet forgiven – in London

Adam Habib, you can’t say the N-word

The former Wits leader won’t get away with anti-Blackness in the UK by hiding behind a politically Black identity

New VC wants Wits to produce innovators

Zeblon Vilakazi’s big dream is that Africa cannot simply be a spectator in the age of technological innovation; it must lead, and to lead it must act

#FeesMustFall cost 18 varsities more than R460m in damage to property alone.

Party political meddling threatens future of universities

Campuses elsewhere in Africa have seen the damage done by student activism influenced by political parties, a matter that has raised concern at South Africa’s higher education…

Higher education minister, Blade Nzimande.  File photo

Students need unity from leadership, not Twitter wars

Universities South Africa is an important voice that we should look to in the higher education sector. Unfortunately it is often inaudible

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Covid-19 lockdown pushes Wits University to offer online learning

The university plans to teach online as South Africa’s lockdown continues, and is offering zero-rated data for its teaching sites, as well as computing devices for students

Tough talk: Wits vice-chancellor Adam Habib (centre), has faced a number of conflicts during his tenure and has had to make a number of decisions that were not popular. (Oupa Nkosi)

Habib leaves with no regrets about the decisions he made at Wits

The vice-chancellor announced he will be heading to SOAS next year

In a statement on Thursday, the committee said that, although it respects the autonomy of universities to decide on salaries, it was concerned about the high pay some senior managers receive. (Oupa Nkosi)

MPs want inquiry into academics’ pay

The portfolio committee on higher education says that vice-chancellors salaries are not justifiable due to university performance

Some schools, predominantly the better-resourced schools, have been able to carry on with teaching online whereas in many other schools, learners have had to make do with a couple of radio and television lessons. (Graphic: John McCann)

Academics bemoan ‘toxic’ politics

Senior university managers say political parties should be banned from campuses, citing a climate of fear

Vice-chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand, Adam Habib, outside the university’s Great Hall (Waldo Swiegers/Gallo)

Habib on the varsity frontline

Adam Habib reveals the pitfalls of the political chess game that students were playing when they called for free, decolonised education.

Vice-chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand, Adam Habib, outside the university’s Great Hall (Waldo Swiegers/Gallo)

An open letter to the readers of Adam Habib’s ‘Rebels and Rage’

Those referred to as "the far-left" in the Wits vice-chancellor’s book raise concerns about its ethics and its implications for academic freedom

“The ANC is not approaching the land question the way in which this pamphlet is suggesting,” says Pallo Jordan. (Gallo)

Mbeki’s document ‘a falsification’ of ANC principles — Pallo Jordan

ANC veteran Pallo Jordan believes former president Thabo Mbeki’s 30-page paper on land expropriation does not enrich the land discourse

External auditors gave Transnet a qualified audit, after irregular expenditure rose to R8.1-billion. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Only ‘Mandela moment’ will stop Willemse going to equality court

The rugby pundit’s lawyer has said that the review process was a ‘fruitless exercise’

Okwalla Ochang Cham and his family

Willemse lawyer: No value in participating in SuperSport review

Although Ashwin Willemse did not participate in the independent review, the former Springbok wing and analyst plans to fulfill his contract

Our Mia Malan speaks to Laura Lopez Gonzalez about the recent allegations of racism at Wits Medical School.

Wits Med school hit by racism claim

Students and lecturers say discrimination is endemic, but VC Adam Habib says the claims are ‘nonsense’ and ‘fake news’

Black smoke billows across the sky when a petrol depot was set ablaze after a rocket assault. The attack

Adam Habib appointed vice-chancellor of Wits until 2023

The vice-chancellor and principal of the university has made "significant contributions" to the institution’s growth and sustainability

Regressive: Police at Wits University last year – a development that was resisted by the institution during apartheid. Photo: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

Wits academics still fretting over  ‘securitisation’

Campuses were calm this week. But, with the possibility that protests may resume, the “securitisation” of campuses remains a burning issue.

The Great Hall at Wits University. Photo: Supplied

#RapeAtJunction report: Wits student accommodation staff failed complainant

The university says it cannot make the report public because it names the complainant and the accused.