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AFRICAN STUDENTS

African students stuck in limbo

The plight of international students studying at the University of the Witwatersrand is echoed around the world

  • Abdul S Brima
4 min read
What a giggle! If former president Jacob Zuma was still president of the country he would have definitely made a song about the coronavirus and blamed it on ‘White Monopoly Capital’. (David Harrison/M&G)
BORIS JOHNSON

Paddy Harper: I’d rather staypozi with Cyril

Imagine if Zupta the Maniacal Giggler was president. Or Mbeki the Myopic. Beyond imagination would be Donald the Deadly

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
(Reuters)
ADAM HABIB

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

  • Bongekile Macupe
3 min read