Crispin Sonn: Inclusive education does not mean free education
The Fallism movement has certainly taken the country by storm and has inspired young and old, rich and poor, black...
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Phephelaphi Dube: Transformative constitutionalism demands government takes action
In a seminal article published in 1998, American academic, Karl Klare coined the term “transformative constitutionalism”, which he went on...
James de Villiers: Let’s make the playing field equal first
I was there when a group of 60 students occupied the University of Stellenbosch’s Admin B building in the Spring...
Dennis Davis: Increase budget for higher education incrementally
The protest action of 2016 began on the basis of two central demands: free tertiary education and quality decolonised education....
Ndoni Mcunu: For fees to fall, ethical leadership must first rise
"Where is leadership?" has been amongst the many questions South Africans have been asking during the past year. Events such...
Adriaan Basson: After the teargas, what will rise?
South Africa is at a crossroads. For the past year, the country has been grappling with issues of free, decolonised...
Sello Hatang: Re-imagining South Africa through the new ‘Grand Dialogue’
Just under 20 years ago, Nelson Mandela set up the Nelson Mandela Foundation to serve as his post-presidential office. Part of...
Kgotsi Chikane: #FeesMustFall is too big to fail
It has been interesting to watch the latest iteration of #FeesMustFall from abroad. Throughout the period there was a distinct feeling...
Postcolonial science isn’t threatened by indigenous knowledge
Science is the best means we have to improve the lot of humanity. It is the way to find cures...
The joy of inclusive academia
In the second week of the current #FeesMustFall protests at the University of the Witwatersrand, three black Fallist feminists and...
