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Stellenbosch University ordered to implement ‘equal language’ plan

Measures to ensure that students proficient neither in English nor Afrikaans are not excluded from lectures, will be undertaken

Universities must speed up progress, says Nzimande

Blade Nzimande. Picture: GCIS

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande blames dysfunctional or ‘very weak’ forums for slow transformation at varsities

Stellenbosch University building torched

Stellenbosch University. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES

University has opened an arson and damage to property case after a fire at an administration building, which Cape Talk callers say was due to petrol-bombing

Fort Hare missed a chance to celebrate prodigy Sobukwe

Wesley House at the University of  Fort Hare  in the 1940s where Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe was a student. Pictures: SUPPLIED

Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe’s thoughts on African rebirth or renaissance are relevant today, writes Sam Ditshego

Campus must be a site for debate, not hate

Students at North West University’s Mahikeng campus. Picture: SOWETAN

The pursuit of the truth is possible only through open contestation in a space where proponents are assured of no threat of violence, writes Kevin J Naidoo


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