Ruth First’s ‘activist research’ approach, combining rigorous inquiry with political purpose, offers a guide for the fight against graft

Rhodes University’s first black vice-chancellor Saleem Badat has announced he will be stepping down from his position.

Fanon’s arguments about decolonising the humanities have resonance in academia today.

Intellectuals, public officials, business and civil-society leaders and political commentators have complained about South African universities’ lack of ”visibility”. For some,…

Remember the days when, as inaugural transport minister, Mac Maharaj insisted that he would continue to drive his beat-up old Jetta? It struck a chord, for it spoke of a…