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Child mortality rates remain unacceptably high. Poverty and inequality continue to shape life chances before a child is even born. (Photo: Supplied)
2026 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS

Malnutrition could undo all the work of saving young lives

Reducing child mortality is possible. What remains is the courage to scale what works and to sustain it. If we are serious about ending child stunting by 2030, then we must act…

  • Shadi Nyokong
4 min read
Most teachers attempt to grade objectively but many students feel it is unfair. Photo: File
ANDILE NONGONGO

Students to receive NSFAS laptops by March

Nearly a year after Nzimande announced that NSFAS beneficiaries would receive laptops as part of the interventions for Covid-19 at higher education institutions, the devices are…

  • Bongekile Macupe
5 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
Disadvantaged: Students who live in rural areas with inadequate or no network coverage will struggle to keep up. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
BLADE NZIMANDE

Students ‘dreams are crumbling’

Those at historically disadvantaged universities feel abandoned while their peers at richer institutions continue with their studies

  • Bongekile Macupe
6 min read
In April, UniZulu announced that it had negotiated zero-rated data with MTN, Telkom and Cell C in so its students could access teaching and learning on its online platform without incurring data costs. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
BLADE NZIMANDE

Student drops out as tech access issues hinder his learning

In April, UniZulu announced that it had negotiated zero-rated data with MTN, Telkom and Cell C in so its students could access teaching and learning on its online platform…

  • Bongekile Macupe
3 min read
Higher education, science and innovation minister Blade Nzimande. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANGIE MOTSHEKGA

Government’s plan for universities and schools – the story so far

Ministers outline initiatives and the plans for all education institutions

  • Bongekile Macupe
5 min read
Last week a student protest at the University of Zululand led to a police van being petrol bombed.
BLADE NZIMANDE

Students, your violence destroyed a man’s livelihood

While life goes on for the students at UniZulu, may they spare a thought for Ndumiso Ntsele whose only sin was to try to make an honest living in tough economic times

  • Bongekile Macupe
4 min read
Find the leader: The University of Zululand still has no Student Representative Council despite millions having been spent to hold elections. (University of Zululand)
BONGEKILE MACUPE

UniZulu again has no elected SRC

Student leaders say the new SRC administrator is unknown to students and may not represent their needs

  • Bongekile Macupe
6 min read
Universities have taken steps such as deactivating their biometric systems to combat the spread of coronavirus.
BLADE NZIMANDE

Report finds most SA universities well run

But Parliament also hears that some of these institutions require additional support

  • Bongekile Macupe
4 min read
Defenceless: Students staying outside the University of Zululand say that amadabuka (criminals) steal their laptops at gunpoint. A protest was held after a male student was shot by thugs. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BONGEKILE MACUPE

UniZulu res needs inkosi’s signature

Students staying off-campus have been targeted by criminals, yet the university has been sitting on money to construct another residence

  • Bongekile Macupe
4 min read
Student accommodation at the University of Zululand. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BONGEKILE MACUPE

UniZulu’s plans to build residences hampered because it does not own land

The university’s council says it does not have the deed to the land it is built on

  • Bongekile Macupe
5 min read
(John McCann)
BRIGHTNESS MANGOLOTHI

Advancing gender equality in academia

Even in institutions of higher education, women continue to face discrimination. Here’s how we can fix that

  • Brightness Mangolothi
7 min read
But it has been 25 years since governance was based on racism. Those rural universities are still under-resourced or indifferently run. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BLADE NZIMANDE

#WhyThisMatters: Billions spent, squalor still at rural universities

Billions are being spent to give students — and this country — a better future. It must be accounted for.

  • Bongekile Macupe
3 min read
Last week a student protest at the University of Zululand led to a police van being petrol bombed.
CHE

LETTER: The murder of Prof Kamwendo at UniZulu

Kamwendo’s murder is an incident that is simply at the extreme end of a spectrum of problematic dynamics in the South African academy

  • Sen Muller
  • Sen Muller Guest Author
3 min read
Gregory Kamwendo was gunned down after receiving a death threat for testifying in a CCMA case last year. He also helped to uncover qualification fraud at the university. (Thorsten Ochs)
ASSASSINATIONS

Deadly twist to university dispute

A former colleague has been charged with the murder of an arts dean after threatening him

  • Athandiwe Saba
6 min read
Economic Freedom Front member Nontobeko Zulu is the newly elected student representative council president at the University of Zululand. (Sanele Sikhakane)
DINEO BENDILE

EFF gains a foothold in KwaZulu-Natal

Its focus in the province, and elsewhere, is on the youth vote and SRC polls are the starting point

  • Dineo Bendile
4 min read
‘Horrifying stories’: Minister Naledi Pandor has found evidence of corruption and irregular remuneration in some university councils.
BONGEKILE MACUPE

Pandor: How to fix former black universities

The minister won’t babysit her sector but she intends to clamp down on council members who are there to enrich themselves

  • Bongekile Macupe
6 min read
Last week a student protest at the University of Zululand led to a police van being petrol bombed.
COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Committee to monitor UniZulu ‘until it is fully functional’

Last Thursday, 32 students were arrested during a violent protest over meal allowances

  • Mxolisi Mngadi
3 min read
University of Zululand held a placard demonstration outside a venue where Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande was attending an international congress.
UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND

UniZulu students hold demonstration against Nzimande outside venue of international congress

The protesters held a huge poster with the words: "Blade! Why do you ignore corruption at the University of Zululand?".

  • Prega Govender
3 min read
(Lee Warren/Gallo Images)
KING GOODWILL ZWELITHINI

The king, as ‘a concerned parent’, offers to help end UniZulu stand-off

Unlike the dispute over fee-free education at other institutions, the University of Zululand is closed because of a staff protest over poor pay.

  • Prega Govender
3 min read