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Online learning in lockdown is far from ideal

Varsities are determined to complete the first semester even if it hinders some students

Racist theory: Are white doctoral graduates the only ones with quality degrees?

The PhD quality debate has racist tones

More students are enrolling in doctoral studies, but gatekeepers are questioning their worthiness

South Africa has one of the highest rape statistics in the world, even higher than some countries at war

Declare war on the subjugation of women

Men must foster a new humanity and women must go into combat mode

The Zondo judgment seems to break ranks with the very belief that cannabis is a drug. (Renata Larroyd/M&G)

Let’s cultivate laws for a cannabis industry centred on uplifting the rural poor

Progressive thinking will help us realise the many opportunities opened up by the legalisation of the drug for private use

Lungisa Fuzile (Gallo)

Our universities must stop being sites of women abuse

‘Clearly our universities are no welcoming safe spaces for women,’ writes Lukhona Mnguni

The first 50 bitcoins were born on January 3 2009. (Reuters)

Did UCT kill Bongani Mayosi?

The moment I heard of Mayosi’s death, I wondered if academia in South Africa has become a deathtrap for trailblazing black academics, says the writer

A debate is currently raging in the DA about diversity in the party

DA internal debate lays bare the fallacy behind its diversity claims

A plurality of ideas is more important than targets for race and gender, some members maintain – but this does not tally with the need for redress

Jacob Zuma may be gone

Private interests bedevil ANC’s ‘new dawn’

Social justice must be Cyril Ramaphosa’s focus, resisting the corrupting influence of big business