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Mokubung Nkomo

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Mokubung Nkomo

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Morley Nkosi, who has just released his autobiography The Way Home

Morley Nkosi finds his way back home in his book

His autobiography The Way Home is an account of the travails of life in exile

Abdullah Ibrahim of Abdullah Ibrahim’s Ekaya performs on stage at Barbican Centre on March 30, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Roberta Parkin/Redferns)

Abdullah Ibrahim and the hidden ‘culture wars’

He is more than a distinguished pianist and composer; he mingled his music with politics

Printed United States and Israel flags with red paint on the ground with the faces of President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a demonstration in support of Palestine on November 29, 2023 in Medellin, Colombia. The initial four day truce between Israel and Hamas was extended by two days pausing the seven weeks of warfare that has killed thousands in Gaza as a result of the October 7th Hamas attack in Israel. (Photo by Fredy Builes/Getty Images)

Making sense of the dangerous liaison between Israel and the US

Fatal attractions are blind and delusional and thus destructive. The consequences may be a backlash against Biden, the US losing its little moral authority is has, an end to any…

South Africa’s flip-flop position on the war has many hidden facets to it

Russia-Ukraine: SA remains between a rock and a hard place

The country’s flip-flop position on the war has many hidden facets to it

Jonathan Jansen was prompted to carry out this study by the dearth of research about senior university management in South Africa

Burning varsities: Responding to fire

As by Fire’s hard look at the recent violence on campuses presents dire warnings and hope

A secret world resistant to change

A secret world resistant to change

This personal testimony shows the past is still with us.

Bravely tackling a new world

Bravely tackling a new world

A recent study of education offers an antidote to the toxic pre-democracy diet of unreflective texts.

Still in the shadow of the past

Mokubung Nkomo reviews a book that considers the achievements, challenges and contradictions of educational transformation