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Neo Lekgotla

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Neo Lekgotla

Senior Lecturer: History Wits University School of Education & Post - Doctoral Fellow: 2016-2017

Sobukwe (left) and the PAC spoke about the dispossession of our land as early as 1959. (AFP)
APARTHEID

Sobukwe was no apartheid sellout, as Mapaila claims

The regime regarded the PAC leader as the only political prisoner. The others, including Nelson Mandela, were ‘ordinary’ prisoners

  • Neo Lekgotla
6 min read
(John McCann)

Why are there so few black professors?

The right question needs to be asked when it comes to staff representation

  • Neo Lekgotla
6 min read
In a country that may never recover from the deep scars of apartheid, and also, where marketing businesses should stay clear from unforeseen storms, it’s bemusing to see messaging of the Clicks type.
ANGELA DAVIS

Hairgate: We must look at language too to get to the root of the problem

Black women’s hair is deeply politicised and education experts are mulling over the significance of the learner-led protests in Pretorias.

  • Neo Lekgotla
4 min read
AFRICAN LANGUAGES

SA is rich in undervalued languages, but greedy for more

"We are such a multilingual country, but in government, when you hear people talk, you think we are a bilingual country"

  • Neo Lekgotla
4 min read
Eleventh hour: The gigantic sculpture of Nelson Mandela was installed at the Union Buildings in Pretoria 19 years after democracy.
RHODESMUSTFALL

Lessons from the Rhodes statue’s fall

Public memorials are part of our heritage, and can be dealt with creatively.

  • Neo Lekgotla
9 min read
ANC CRISIS

State of the Nation: Why I couldn’t bear to watch this show of no leadership

We boycotted and protested against apartheid and with our votes we have returned the ANC to power since 1994. We didn’t do that to be oppressed.

  • Neo Lekgotla
4 min read
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission failed to seize the opportunity to explore how universities perpetuated apartheid. Consequently
LAGA RAMOUPI

The African vision has lost its focus

South Africa has strayed from its path to prioritise indigenous education, by only partly implementing powerful policies.

  • Neo Lekgotla
15 min read
Delegates at Davos are preoccupied with business and making profits – but such concerns cannot be given priority over the core functions of a university.
ACADEMIC FREEDOM

What is the price of education?

The humanities and arts are sacrificed in the business of ensuring solvent universities.

  • Neo Lekgotla
3 min read