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CRITICAL THINKING FORUM

Educating young people for tomorrow, today.

  • Shaun Goosen
MG MORNING

Mail & Guardian and University of Fort Hare to host National Election Debate

The Mail & Guardian in partnership with the University of Fort Hare will host a National Election Town Hall on the 17th April 2024.

  • M&G Online reporter
2 min read
Chief Executive Officer of the Water Research Commission, Dr Jennifer Molwantwa.
CRITICAL THINKING FORUM

The Water Research Commission expands its footprint in the Northern Cape

It’s an opportunity to formalise strategic relationships with key partners in the province for continuous WRC support

  • Water Research Commission
27 min read
The empty Onkgopotse Tiro Hall at the University of Limpopo. Taken 11 March 2024 before the M&G Election Town Hall. Pic by Scott Peter Smith
2024 ELECTIONS
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WATCH | Town Hall Election Debate – charting the future in 2024’s landmark elections

The M&G and University of Limpopo host a forum to discuss, among others, what a coalition government could mean for South Africa.

  • M&G Online reporter
1 min read
A university that teaches but does not innovate, that researches but does not apply, will find itself detached from the society it is meant to serve and elevate
2024 ELECTIONS
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M&G, University of Limpopo town hall will unpack elections

The M&G and University of Limpopo host a forum to discuss, among others, what a coalition government could mean for South Africa

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
Panellists Lizeka Tandwa, M&G political editor; Sarah Smit, M&G economics editor; Dr Ongama Mtimka, history and politics studies lecturer at Nelson Mandela University; Sanusha Naidoo, foreign policy and political analyst, and Tshidi Madia, Eyewitness News politics associate editor. (Photo: David Harrison)
2024 POST SONA CRITICAL THINKING FORUM

The 2024 Post-Sona Critical Thinking Forum

Panellists had little confidence in President Ramaphosa’s address

  • Nabeel Allie
7 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa. (@PresidencyZA/X)
CRITICAL THINKING FORUM

Post State Of The Nation Address

The details are as follows: Date: Friday, 9 February 2024 Time: 08h30 for 09h00 Venue: Workshop 17 Watershed 17 Dock Road Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, CapeTown To confirm your…

  • M&G Digital
1 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo by Jaco Marais/Pool Images/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
CRITICAL THINKING FORUM

M&G Critical Thinking Forum | State of the Nation Address

The M&G and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung would like to invite you to join us and a panel of experts at the Critical Thinking Forum that will discuss Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the…

  • Mg Reporter
1 min read
Panelists Siki Mgabadeli and Angelo Fick at the critical thinking forum centred on the education crisis in South Africa
ACCESS TO BASIC EDUCATION

​‘The current state of basic education should cause outrage’

Take it back to the basics and focus on reading, writing and understanding

  • Timothy Fish Hodgson
7 min read
The youth were active in the Critical Thinking Forum hosted by the Mail & Guardian and Gauteng Provincial Legislature at Unisa’s campus in Tshwane. (Photos: Zaheer Cassim and Musa Rapuleng)
CRITICAL THINKING FORUM

Ahead of May 8, young South Africans are reminded of the power of their votes

‘Your vote is the change you want to see’

  • Aaisha Dadi Patel
6 min read
Audience members engage with the panelists at the Critical Thinking Forum which focused on Gender-Based Violence. (Photos: Musa Rapuleng)
COMMISSION FOR GENDER EQUALITY

We are all partners in the elimination of Gender-Based Violence

The Critical Thinking Forum focused on the higher education sector but it became clear that this is a manifestation of a broader social issue

  • Nomonde Ndwalaza
6 min read
Panelists radio DJ Bujy Bikwa, comedian Donovan Goliath, TV presenter Jessica Mthimkhulu, executive producer Bongekile Skosana, and broadcast journalist Xoli Mngambi
AAISHA DADI PATEL

The youth want rapid change, and voting is one way to achieve it

The 2019 election marks the first time that young people will constitute the highest number of voters in South Africa, giving them plenty of power

  • Aaisha Dadi Patel
6 min read
Above: Chairperson of committees at the GPL Mike Madlala said the youth must know their history before they make judgements
CRITICAL THINKING FORUM

Ekurhuleni youth make their views heard about their choice to vote or not in 2019

‘Youth must focus on the ideal South Africa they would like to live in’

  • Aaisha Dadi Patel
7 min read
Speakers at the Critical Thinking Forum hosted by the Mail & Guardian at Wits discuss the many issues around fully integrating LGBTQI people into South Africa’s institutions of higher learning. (Photos: Tadeu Andre)
CONSTITUTION

LGBTIQ+: We all have to do the work!

Changing legislation is one thing – changing people’s attitudes is another

  • Leigh Wils
5 min read
SANRAL chief executive
CRITICAL THINKING FORUM

SANRAL: 20 years of service

Through bursaries, scholarships and working with SMMEs, the roads agency is building a South Africa Mandela would be proud of

  • Leigh Wils
5 min read
The panel of the critical thinking forum discussing Nelson Mandela’s legacy was firm on the point that Madiba cannot be accused of being a ‘sellout’.
CRITICAL THINKING FORUM

100 Years of the Mandela effect

Panel concludes we must learn from Madiba, instead of blaming him for our shortcomings

  • Leigh Wils
5 min read
Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Presiding Officers and the Premier of Gauteng; David Makhura in the front row intently taking note of the comments from the youth
CRITICAL THINKING FORUM

GPL speaker calls the youth into solution-directed discussion for a better future

The Youth Sector Parliament debates relevant issues and helps the GPL reach resolutions

  • Kaeleboga Mokolobate
6 min read
The Mail & Guardian and the Gauteng department of social development hosted a Critical Thinking Forum on March 22 at the Gordon Institute of Business Science to celebrate the critical role of social workers.
CRITICAL THINKING FORUM

Champions of the voiceless

Indispensable role of social workers highlighted at forum

  • Leigh Wils
6 min read
The panel at the M&G Post-elections Critical Thinking Forum: Moderator Ralph Matheka
CRITICAL THINKING FORUM

Were the 2016 local government elections the beginning of ‘politics by consent’?

The M&G post-election Critical Thinking Forum considered the scenario South African politics now faces in the aftermath

  • Rebecca Haynes
8 min read
BREXIT

What do Brexit, Brics and the rise of the Indian Ocean rim economy mean for Africa?

The changing face of international relations reveals a lot of potential for the African continent

  • Rebecca Haynes
5 min read