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CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

‘White fragility’ is damaging SA universities

Academics at a recent meeting called for white liberals to acknowledge they ‘are the problem’

  • Mark Paterson
5 min read
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)
ADAM HABIB

Academics bemoan ‘toxic’ politics

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

  • Mark Paterson
8 min read
Until South Africa’s higher education system produced African-centred knowledge that was internationally recognised
CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

No tidy truths in the post-colony

Recent debate exposes both student activists’ and academics’ blind spots on decolonisation

  • Mark Paterson
6 min read