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Professor Rushiella Songca has made significant changes since she took office as Vice-Chancellor of Walter Sisulu University in 2021.
CHANGES AT WSU

The architect of change: Prof Songca’s vision brings change to WSU

Her 10-year strategic plan is guiding the university’s transformation

  • WSU
10 min read
Educor, the largest private education provider in Southern Africa, owns the Damelin, CityVarsity, Icesa City Campus and Lyceum colleges.
CITY VARSITY

Saftu calls on education department to ensure workers’ rights are upheld at Educor colleges

The department of higher education and training has reinstated the private college group’s registration after after revoking it in March

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read
Mandilakhe Lungile is a TSIBA BBA graduate who now works as an administrator at Intembeko Investment.
BUSINESS SCHOOLS

TSIBA graduates making huge strides in the business world 

The business school is a community where dreams are realised and careers are launched

  • TSIBA Business School
5 min read
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Dr Blade Nzimande, delivering the 2023/24 budget. Photo: Siyabonga Nxumalo
BLADE NZIMANDE

The state of higher education: A conversation with Blade Nzimande

Government spending on higher education has ballooned, but allocation is key

  • Special Reports
27 min read
The universities in the South must stop pandering to complacency. They must restore their commitment to academic excellence and welcome the best minds and those who carry with them the potential to be the best regardless of origin. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Research outputs do not make a university ranking

The recent department of higher education and training report on universities’ research productivity is interesting but it is only part of the picture

  • Tawana Kupe
7 min read
BLADE NZIMANDE

The shame of 40 000 missing education certificates

Graduates are being left in the lurch by a higher education department that is simply unable to deliver the crucial certificates proving their qualifications – in some cases…

  • Bongekile Macupe
6 min read
Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande.
BERNARD NTHAMBELENI

Five universities extend academic year to March 2021

Minister Blade Nzimande says a staggered ending of the academic year is intended to support students

  • Bongekile Macupe
3 min read