Keyword: higher education

The Oppressive Paradigm of the Colonial Academy

Mandisi Majavu - Almost two decades into post-apartheid South Africa many black academics still feel that the “white networks that have de facto run academic decision making” are derailing the transformation agenda. This is according to the Charter for Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), a report commissioned by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, that was published in June this year. In many respects, the CHSS echoes the 2008 Report of the Ministerial Committee on...