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The University of Fort Hare, pictured, and Mangosuthu University of Technology are among those
grappling with governance strain.

Changing of the guard at three universities

Sefako Makgatho and Fort Hare universities have new leaders, while the head of Mangosuthu University of Technology has been suspended

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

Black enough and proud of it

Wits University’s vice-chancellor and deputy vice-chancellor respond to a recent M&G article on the transformation process at the institution.

Mangcu is the latest to leave Wits

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has lost another influential and experienced black intellectual to the University of Johannesburg.

Nqakula: Xenophobic attacks to be ‘severely dealt with’

Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula said on Friday that those responsible for continuous xenophobic attacks in Gauteng townships will be ”severely dealt with”. He was…

At Wits, nostalgia and amnesia

Indeed, ”varsities are not islands of privilege” as Wits University vice-chancellor Loyiso Nongxa tells us (October 12). However, the ”success stories” of both Wits and the…

Campus chaos

Echoing recent protests at the University of the Witwatersrand, some students from the University of Johannesburg ran amok this week.