Opinion and Analysis

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Let’s pay tribute to the students of 2016

We owe them an apology, and more than an apology

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Opinion | 17 October 2016

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UCT: the silence of things not being attempted

Wits has chosen "bustle and life, police and protest, over extinction"

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Opinion | 13 October 2016

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Making sure all our schools have enough teachers

Part 3 in the series: Towards equality in school funding

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Opinion | 10 October 2016

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Making sense of the student protests

An analysis of their demands and strategies

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Analysis | 9 October 2016

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Wits: The Assembly that wasn’t (or perhaps was)

Why an apparent consensus between management and Fallists broke down

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Analysis | 8 October 2016

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Wildebeestkuil residents have been waiting 15 years for their land

A stone's throw away but no land in sight

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Opinion | 6 October 2016

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The poll at Wits was meaningless

Rights can't be voted away

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Opinion | 5 October 2016

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Fees Must Fall 2016: Where to from here?

Academic programmes on brink of closure

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Analysis | 4 October 2016

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UCT academics ask Max Price not to use private security

"The fees announcement by Dr Blade Nzimande ... is a regression on last year's achievement"

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Opinion | 2 October 2016