Free higher education in South Africa: cutting through the lies and statistics
In many respects, President Jacob Zuma’s free higher education proposal in South Africa is the worst kind of populism.
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Pasha 57: Adam Habib on higher education in South Africa
It's important to focus on the challenges facing higher education before the reach a boiling point.
On decolonising teaching practices, not just the syllabus
An African literature lecturer shares how embodied teaching can help students feel that their lives and stories matter.
History explains why South Africans on the left argue for free passes for the rich
The South African oddity is that those who in other societies would be arguing against free passes for the affluent, argue for them.
Fees must fall – but not at the expense of quality higher education
South African students’ demands for free university education are not going away. Nor are the country’s economic realities.
What must fall: fees or the South African state?
University authorities in South Africa have agreed to most fees protesters’ demands. Yet, the protesters keep moving the goalposts. Do they want more than fees to fall?
Numbers can kill: politicians should handle South Africa’s coronavirus data with care
We’d all love to know more about our neighbours – from COVID-19 data, census data and other official data sources – but we shouldn’t.
Lots of young South Africans aren’t going to technical colleges. What can be done
South Africa needs to improve efforts to increase student numbers at technical colleges.
Higher education in South Africa hangs in the balance. Here are four scenarios
South African universities are under enormous financial pressure. They also face a fresh round of student protests ahead of a decision on next year’s fees. Hard choices need to be made.
South Africa’s finance minister fails to come up with the goods
South Africa’s finance minister Malusi Gigaba failed to impress when presenting the eagerly awaited 2017 medium term budget.
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