The Congress Alliance’s/MDM/UDF slogans of the 1980s of “ungovernability”, “liberation before education” and others have in various forms been carried over into present-day variations on these themes. This is very Continue Reading →
South Africans have been bombarded with the demand that fees must fall. These are questions put to me by a worker on one of the campuses: “ A doctor received Continue Reading →
The local government elections have been concluded, and the African National Congress has registered losses in a number of municipalities, in particular the Metropolitan areas, where it was hit hardest. Continue Reading →
Credit rating agencies have warned the South African government that the country’s international debt rating is on the verge of being downgraded to junk status. The state and big businesses Continue Reading →
It has become fashionable for universities and think tanks to host annual memorial lectures in the name of Nelson Mandela. The University of South Africa (UNISA), for instance, recently invited Continue Reading →