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Suspended University of Fort Hare vice-chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu. Photo: Supplied

‘Mr President, you failed me’ – University of Fort Hare corruption fallout reaches Ramaphosa

Vice-chancellor professor Sakhela Buhlungu has been suspended and now faces disciplinary action, despite a report that allegedly found no wrongdoing. The move has reignited scrutiny over corruption, violence and power struggles at one of South Africa’s most storied universities

Dr Mia Strand of Nelson Mandela University’s Institute for Coastal and Marine Research. Photo: Supplied

Africa’s entrepreneurs focusing on sustainability are the continent’s changemakers

Sustainability demands more than merely replicating global frameworks; Africa must frame its own sustainable future

Liseka Tshula (left) with her daughter. Photo: Zama Baleni

Down syndrome: ‘It’s just an extra chromosome; we are not different’

The genetic condition affects up to one in 500 births each year in South Africa.

Fees Must Fall protests in 2015 spread to numerous universities. Is it time for renewed protests? Photo: Madelene Cronjé

Financial exclusion: A call for Fees Must Fall 2.0?

Protests over accommodation shortfalls have taken place at the University of Cape Town, Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Nelson Mandela University

Nelson Mandela University’s Professor Azwinndini Muronga. (Heather Dugmore)

What Vhembe’s success teaches us about quality education in South Africa

In 2020, Nelson Mandela University physics professor, Azwinndini Muronga, wrote in the Mail & Guardian about Vhembe’s remarkable performance in the 2019 national senior certificate results. Five years later, he examines what this means for South African education

Renewable Energy is key to achieving net zero objectives

A Northern Cape wind project provides a model on how South Africa can implement a sustainable renewable energy programme

Dr Lynn Biggs (right) says that the legal profession is often perceived as inaccessible to those from underprivileged backgrounds, but Nelson Mandela University has a number of programmes and initiatives that make legal assistance available to all.

Shaping justice and revolutionising legal education for a transformative South Africa

Truly impactful legal education must be based on practical skills-based learning

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Scientists break down South Africa’s Nqweba Meteorite

It flashed across the sky – at 72  000km an hour – and sounded like 92 tonnes of TNT exploding

Canisters and bottles collected for the study at a remote stretch of beach in De Hoop Nature Reserve. (Peter Ryan)

Plastics lids an ‘increasingly dominant’ pollution source on South Africa’s beaches

Most foreign drink bottles are dumped from ships, but loose lids drift from South East Asia