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When a medical student matriculated from a poor high school, his story made headlines. Now he may not even graduate

Crooked researchers who game the system corrupt the aims of research funding and soil the names of varsities.

Why won’t this dangerous thinking go away? Well, one reason is that many in SA really do believe there are four races.

As a once fine institution descends into chaos, let’s examine what mistakes were made … not least by Zuma.

This country is notorious for its xenophobia. Then Enoch Mpianzi and Triphin Mudzvengi touch our humanity.

The problem of drownings at school events is much more complex than giving every child a life jacket.

We need to prevent exceptional students from being tripped up by funding hurdles and falling into grinding poverty.

So this is my response, and my solution.

Did the results make you shout in celebration or groan ‘ho hum’? Or is it a case of the class half full?

Contrasting graduation ceremonies at UCT and Stellenbosch offer insights into the state of education.

Fed-up South Africans desperately need strong leaders to at least make the right noises.