Opinion and Analysis

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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

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Pula! Botswana at 50: love, race and duty in the struggle for freedom

Shunned by the British Empire, for Seretse and Ruth Khama the personal was political

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Analysis | 30 September 2016

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Corrupt police and drug dealers - Jo’burg’s criminal ecosystem

Police taking drug money is an open secret

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Opinion | 26 September 2016

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Urgent need for public inquiry into Lily mine disaster

We need to know how it happened to prevent another catastrophe

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Opinion | 26 September 2016

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Student protests are sign of loss of confidence in state

Zuma Administration lacks the moral authority to restore peace to campuses

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Opinion | 25 September 2016

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In Memory of Comrade Nkosi Molala - Honorary President of the Black Consciousness Movement

He refused to be co-opted into a government that oppresses poor people

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Opinion | 22 September 2016

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The displacement phenomenon: Woodstock and Salt River

City’s missed opportunity to ensure inclusive redevelopment

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Opinion | 21 September 2016

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Going green is not just a white issue

Race and class still dominate environmental politics

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Opinion | 20 September 2016

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State is reinforcing apartheid injustices in rural areas

Traditional leaders have jurisdiction over land within the same apartheid boundaries that were carved out under Bantu Authorities Act

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Opinion | 19 September 2016