Report into UCT academic’s death exposes varsity ethos
Professor Bongani Mayosi was suffocated by a system that is disrespectful and does not care about life as well as about revival of ideas in a university, writes Vuyisile Msila.
#HumanRightsDay: Honouring Robert Sobukwe's African dream
Annually one witnesses lackluster events in Robert Sobukwe's name that paradoxically sound a death knell to his memory.
Continue to celebrate our rich heritage
It's more than a braai day, as this shifts key issues to the margins
Schools should be sacrosanct
Again this past week we saw how the schools are porous and not immune to societal influences, good or bad.
Using crisis to correct wrongs
Vuyisile Msila says that the current education unrest presents a chance to fix a host of ills in broader society.
Textbooks enhance teaching
Our children need textbooks and this is an undisputed fact since time immemorial - as old as modern schools.
No place for racism in schools
Using language as a tool to segregate children such as at Curro is unacceptable, says Vuyisile Msila.
Why we need Verwoerd’s images
Our children’s children need to know that there were once men such as Verwoerd and Rhodes, writes Vuyisile Msila.
When teachers strike children suffer
Firing Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga might not solve SA's education problems, says the writer