Whenever a major political development occurs, audiences are often presented with a familiar cast of commentators. A relatively small group of commentators often appears across…
CPUT maintains that choosing Prins Nevhutalu as its vice-chancellor was the right decision, despite claims that the process was a "sham".
After expressing his misgivings, Seepe turns his back on a ‘compromised’ selection process.
Questions have arisen over the integrity of the selection process for the position of new vice-chancellor of Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
“OBE today has become a swear word, a shorthand for every dissatisfaction we have with education”
The National Assembly’s battered image could be restored if Parliament reopens discussions on the arms deal, an independent panel said on Tuesday.
The event in question was the launch of the Post-Polokwane Conversations, a series of "round table discussions" beginning in Durban.
Legal and academic experts are helping the ANC devise a strategy to get Jacob Zuma off the hook — possibly by closing probes into the arms deal.
POINT: In April 2001, 22 months after Thabo Mbeki became president, the Mail & Guardian ran a full-length front-cover photograph of him alongside the question: ”Is this man fit…
<b>COUNTERPOINT:</b> While we agree with our colleague Drew Forrest that Mbeki is a man past his sell-by date, we do not agree that the paper was ahead of its time in its…
The South African government came under pressure on Monday to deal with the aftermath of deadly anti-foreigner violence that has displaced an estimated 35Â 000 people. As…
The Department of Education is to investigate the extent of racism and other forms of discrimination in higher education, it said on Monday. A ministerial committee is expected…
A draft loyalty pledge has plunged South Africa into a new identity crisis as it mulls its common values 14 years after discarding apartheid to forge a united society under a…
President Thabo Mbeki risks being cast aside by his party next week in favour of an arch rival who may yet be charged with corruption. Mbeki still has two years left as head of…
The Scorpions crime unit is in the political spotlight again amid reports it was preparing to arrest the nation’s police commissioner, the latest high-profile official targeted…
