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President Armando Guebuza arrives at the White House for a group dinner during the US Africa Leaders Summit August 5, 2014 in Washington, DC.  (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Pam Golding facilitates African kleptocrats’ money laundering

Government must take steps to clean up the country’s dirty real estate market, which has long offered a safe haven for criminals

The hybrid of remote and contact learning are complementary solutions that should be used together for optimal outcomes. (Oupa Nkosi)

Focus on digital content for teachers and schoolchildren

Education policy has always been, and will continue to be, closely related to South Africans’ social conditions

John Sambo from Mpumalanga

Kader Asmal Award

‘To recognise a dedicated educational activist who led by example’

This came as a surprise

Those who know Nkhangwe Elias Nemudzivhadi were not surprised when he became the first recipient of the Professor Kader Asmal Award.

An institution that was almost stillborn

Walter Sisulu University nearly failed to be born at all according to a recently published political memoir.

Why I still dream of rainbows

Why I still dream of rainbows

One teacher’s contribution to the essential conversation — how to educate our children.

Kader Asmal
1999 – 2004

Struggle hero Kader Asmal cremated in Cape Town

ANC stalwart Kader Asmal was cremated in Maitland, Cape Town on Saturday, despite a dispute in the family whether he should be buried or cremated.

ANC looks to ‘lessons of discipline

ANC looks to ‘lessons of discipline, respect’

ANC will focus on the values of the generation of party members who had passed on, as it turns 100 in 2012, chairperson Baleka Mbete said on Friday.

Kader Asmal: ‘Prof Peacock’ — a man of principle

Former education and water affairs minister Kader Asmal knew better than most that sticking to one’s principles is not easy in a political system.

State to honour Kader Asmal with state funeral

State to honour Kader Asmal with state funeral

President Jacob Zuma has declared a period of national mourning for the late Kader Asmal, who will receive a state funeral, the Presidency says.

State to honour Kader Asmal with state funeral

Tributes continue to pour in for Kader Asmal

Tributes to politician Kader Asmal kept flowing on Thursday, with the Human Rights Commission saying his contribution to society should be celebrated.

Asmal hailed as giant of the liberation struggle

Asmal hailed as giant of the liberation struggle

Kader Asmal was a fighter for freedom and human rights and his death had weakened SA’s democracy, political parties and civil organisations said.

DA’s Zille hails struggle hero Kader Asmal

DA’s Zille hails struggle hero Kader Asmal

The DA will honour struggle hero Kader Asmal by defending the Constitution, says DA leader Helen Zille.

Zuma: Asmal sacrificed much for democracy

Zuma: Asmal sacrificed much for democracy

Kader Asmal sacrificed much for freedom and democracy, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.

CSA pays tribute to cricket-loving Asmal

CSA pays tribute to cricket-loving Asmal

Kader Asmal recognised the importance of sport and did a lot of significant work for cricket, Cricket SA said on Wednesday after learning of the ANC v

ANC veteran Kader Asmal dies aged 76

ANC veteran Kader Asmal dies aged 76

Former education minister and ANC veteran Kader Asmal has died, aged 76, the party’s secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Wednesday afternoon.

ANC veteran Kader Asmal dies aged 76

ANC hails legacy of ‘intellectual giant’ Kader Asmal

Kader Asmal was one of the ANC’s foremost intellectual giants, the ANC said after the ruling party veteran’s death on Wednesday.

DA’s Zille hails struggle hero Kader Asmal

ANC veteran Kader Asmal dies

Former education minister and ANC veteran Kader Asmal has died, aged 76, the party’s secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Wednesday afternoon.

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Asmal sounds self-censorship warning

Asmal sounds self-censorship warning

The media’s self-regulation should not turn into self-censorship, African National Congress (ANC) veteran Kader Asmal said on Tuesday.