Xolela Mangcu: Imagining our institutions as they should be
It is an amazing thing to behold, a disgrace and an embarrassment that we should have been made to endure...
It is an amazing thing to behold, a disgrace and an embarrassment that we should have been made to endure...
The funding crisis in higher education in South Africa is perhaps the most prominent political issue of recent years. It...
In 2016 I had the privilege of visiting four leading universities abroad. At KU Leuven in Belgium, Oxford in the...
The complexity of the crisis in higher education was noted by The Forum as it emerged in 2016 with differentiated...
“The will to believe signals the end of questions and knowledge.” One of the key demands of recent student protests...
I wondered what to call this article, this message. Do I name it Active Citizenship? Leadership? Taking ownership and responsibility?...
When the ANC government took over after the historic elections in 1994 it was filled with zealousness, motivation, jubilation and...
The necessity to increase the training of health professionals in South Africa remains urgent. Despite universities and institutions increasing the...
The gains of an educated citizenry are well known and cannot be extolled completely. Education is the tool by which...
What a year 2016 was. I think most people would’ve supported a call for #2016MustFall, given that the year began...