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Professor Adam Habib praises Durban's transformation after recent challenges
Professor Adam Habib highlights the significant improvements in Durban following recent challenges, praising the city's transformation and calling for effective governance in Johannesburg.
South Africans in London turn out in numbers to cast their vote in the 2024 Elections
South African Adam Habib shared that he thought the process would be a quick in-and-out, but the queue in front of him said otherwise.
Thuli Madonsela and three others say Prof Habib is no racist and he should be reinstated at SOAS
Former public protector Thuli Madonsela - and three others - Justice Malala, Palesa Morudu and Barney Pityana, have called for underfire Professor Adam Habib to be reinstated without delay at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
A roundup of IOL’s Top 5 stories this week
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Prof Adam Habib suspended after using the N-word in university meeting
Habib came under fire from students who were part of the video meeting and who took offence to him using the N-word, while locally the EFF has been calling for Habib to be fired.
N-word debacle: Habib explains himself and questions ’agenda of people politicising the issue’ after he apologised
Adam Habib apologised for using the N-word during a meeting with students but says some individuals have deliberately misrepresented that conversation.
Adam Habib uses N-word in meeting with London students, defends himself by saying it’s commonly used in SA
Former Wits vice-chancellor Professor Adam Habib has come under fire for blurting out the N-word during a meeting with students at the University of London.