Francis Wilson: an academic who never fitted easily into any school of thought or belonged in anyone’s camp. Photo courtesy UCT News June 1, 2022 Tribute to renowned South African economist Francis Wilson Murray Leibbrandt, University of Cape Town He used his powerful research to promote social change for justice in South Africa.
Firefighters trying to extinguish a fire in the Jagger Library, at the University of Cape Town. RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images April 19, 2021 Significant archives are under threat in Cape Town’s fire. Why they matter so much Shannon Morreira, University of Cape Town Losing archives has significant implications in a country like South Africa with a fraught and contested history because voices from the past, which may carry alternative histories, are lost.
Stifling different or controversial views implies that academic freedom is preserved for those who are in agreement. Shutterstock March 3, 2019 Why banning controversial voices from universities is bad practice Nuraan Davids, Stellenbosch University and Yusef Waghid, Stellenbosch University Disinviting a person to speak on a university campus adds up to abandoning freedom and speech.