The Africa Report

South Africa’s universities swamped by corruption, organised crime

After a hitman tried to assassinate the vice-chancellor of Fort Hare University but ended up gunning down the academic’s bodyguard, in January 2023, South Africa’s police abducted and tortured a union ...
The Africa Report

Struggle for power at the University of South Africa

Staff and students at the University of South Africa are fighting university leadership who are under scrutiny for reportedly bad management. The fate of the University of South Africa (UNISA) hangs ...
The Conversation

In South Africa, university is open to rich and poor – but what about the missing middle?

Sizwe Mabizela does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
The Conversation

Thabo Mbeki calls for a ‘rebirth’. Is South Africa up to the task?

Director of Scholarship at Change Management Unit at the Vice Chancellors' office; Professor and Head of Archie Mafeje Research Institute, University of South Africa The appointment of former South ...