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Governance failures at the University of Fort Hare have raised concerns for years, preceding the recent suspension of its vice-chancellor, Professor Sakhela Buhlungu
BANTU EDUCATION ACT

University of Fort Hare vice-chancellor placed on precautionary suspension pending disciplinary process

The council cites seriousness of allegations and risks to institutional governance after forensic investigation. The VC had alerted the council to the ‘misstep’ and sought to…

  • Edwin Naidu
3 min read
For Elon Musk, to call broad-based black economic empowerment ‘racist’ is to eat at the table apartheid set for you and complain when someone else is finally offered a chair.
APARTHEID

Elon Musk and the irony of calling black economic empowerment racist

Beneficiaries crying oppression are eating at the table apartheid set for them — and complaining when someone else is finally offered a chair

  • Armand Bam
6 min read
In schools across the country, particularly those in rural and under-resourced areas, learners face uphill battles that many of us can scarcely imagine.
BANTU EDUCATION ACT

Progress has been made but educational inequity remains a blight

The government’s aim to provide redress of inequalities among the disadvantaged remains elusive

  • Mokheseng Moema
8 min read