Universities in South Africa have tried to “grow their own timber” in a bid to diversify staff bodies. These programs haven’t been wildly successful. Why, and what can be done differently?
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University students in South Africa have shown the potential of mass mobilisation to influence policy in advancing justice for their constitutional democratic rights.
Since the 1940s, it’s been common for political moderates to move to the fore in South Africa – then, intermittently, to the background. They are replaced by radicals or exclusivist nationalists.
The late South African statesman Nelson Mandela exemplifies lifelong learning that is deeply rooted in dialogue.
A lot has changed for the better in South Africa’s education system - but inequality remains a thorn in the country’s side. How can we disrupt educational inequality?
Economic transformation of unequal societies in a democratising context is difficult. This requires a creative mix of policy options underpinned by a commitment to social justice.
The university should be the bastion of the right to free expression in the promotion of democracy, and has a moral and ethical obligation to provide spaces for fierce debate and critical engagement.
Vocational training is regarded as “low status” in South Africa. Much of the negativity around technical and vocational work seems to lie in the country’s history.
How can the higher education sector guard against proposed transformation measures being merely superficial quick fixes? At least part of the answer may lie in institutional governance.
Black youth are grappling with the question of the meaning of freedom in post-apartheid South Africa. They seek an antidote to their reality wherein blackness continues to be mocked and marginalised.
The journey of South African film has been a tumultuous one, with a disjointed history and an uncertain future.
The impact that the system of conscription had on the roughly 600,000 white men who became both pawns and agents of the apartheid state has seldom been publicly acknowledged.
India has learned valuable lessons about language and bodies of knowledge that could be applied in South Africa’s universities.
Nelson Mandela called education “the most powerful weapon with which you can change the world”. How can universities bring his words to life?
There are compelling educational reasons to employ more black academics in universities and to give them all the support they’ll need to become professors.
Evidence on the ability, or lack thereof, of children to rise above the economic status of their parents shines light on the continued persistence of inequality, including in South Africa.
Failed by the institutions meant to protect them from exploitation, South African Post Offices workers gave up on the legal system, resorting to illegal means.
The black middle class occupies a complex and sometimes precarious position in society, one that requires constant renegotiation.
After two decades of democracy, economic inequality in South Africa remains very high. Survey comparability issues make analysing trends tricky, but it is clear that overall income inequality has not fallen…
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Professor of Law, New York Law School
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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South African Research Chair in Teacher Education; Director of Centre for International Teacher Education (CITE) & Professor of International Education and Development Policy (University of Sussex, UK), Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Professor of English Language Teaching and Literacy Development, Rhodes University
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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A/Prof, University of Cape Town
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Economist, University of Notre Dame
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Post-doctoral fellow in History, University of South Africa
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Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University
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Professor of International Affairs and the Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning), Carleton University
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Professor of Economics and South African Research Chair in the Economics of Social Policy, Stellenbosch University
