OPINION

Two black academics respond to the criticism of research conducted by UCT Professor Nicoli Nattrass, saying the UCT executive and the Black Academic Caucus do not speak on their behalf. Universities, a leading South African academic once noted, are places of discomfort, testing boundaries, posing uncomfortable questions, challenging received truths. It is only natural that some…

The issue of academic freedom and free speech is only being raised as a red herring to divert our attention away from what is arguably an unethical, racist, and scientifically weak piece of research, writes Phila Msimang.A short two page commentary by Nicoli Nattrass, a professor in the School of Economics and a Director of…

A group of South Africans protest in solidarity with those protesting the death of George Floyd in America at Zoo Lake. When you consider the cruel and reprehensible shows of brutality meted out to George Floyd and Collins Khosa, you have to wonder if there is any place where black lives are safe at all,…

Former South African prime minister DF Malan was a champion of Afrikaner Nationalism and the first prime minister of the apartheid government. DF Malan is not just a name. It is not just a name in the same way that Cecil John Rhodes and Jan van Riebeeck are not just names, argues Willem Muller.When I…

For us Africans, the 2010 FIFA World Cup confirmed football was the opiate of the masses, a gigantic non-denominational religion. 2010 chief communications officer Rich Mkhondo reflects on the tournament 10 years later.Exactly 10 years ago today, South Africa proved that soccer, football, can be the unifier, pacifier, guiding light and an invisible link that ties communities…