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Leverage privilege to change education, Madonsela urges
Apartheid has cast a huge shadow over the country, particularly education, and it will need all of society to break the cycle of poverty.
23 Aug 2019
Education and the complex shadow of our unjust past
Professor Thuli Madonsela, Law Faculty Trust Chair for Social Justice and law professor at Stellenbosch University, delivered the Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture on Wednesday, 21 August 2019.
22 Aug 2019
Education and the complex shadow of our unjust past
Professor Thuli Madonsela, former Public Protector, currently the holder of the Law Faculty Trust Chair in Social Justice and a law professor at Stellenbosch University.
21 Aug 2019
Rattling conventional thinking on evolution
Research by Professor Rebecca Ackermann shows that our huge diversity results from two other major evolutionary forces, in addition to natural selection.
19 Aug 2019
‘Freedom requires suffering and resoluteness’
TB Davie Memorial Lecture presenter Dr Steven Salaita argued that academic freedom allows the investigating of things that might upset others – without fear of retaliation.
08 Aug 2019
Fighting the power in hip hop and scholarship
While they may seem worlds apart, music and scholarship face the same challenges, UCTʼs Professor Adam Haupt said during his recent Vice-Chancellorʼs Inaugural Lecture.
05 Aug 2019
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