Cyril Ramaphosa and Naledi Pandor have a particularly pro-intellectual stance, pushing science and technology as a way to drive economic growth.
The financing of undergraduate degrees but not postgraduate is short-sighted and counterproductive
An open letter, penned by the academics, to president, higher education minister and finance minister.
Plagiarism transgresses a university’s core values and leeches a fortune in subsidies from the state.
The student representative council of TUT is demanding that government make a loan to international development banks to bail out indebted students.
Business consultants, politicians and the media damage universities with their insular arrogance.
Money, history and politics have continually changed ideas of what universities should be.
The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s latter-day fortunes tell an indicting and page-turning story.
Drastic action is being taken to ensure South Africa does not run short of academics, says Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande.
Green movements are important for society, but they often lack a rational scientific approach and this causes more harm than good.
Academics will now receive funding based on their rating, writes Primarashni Gower.
