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Universities pay too little attention to the knowledge and experiences that students bring to their institutions from different cultures and backgrounds.

Calls for the decolonisation of countries, institutions, the mind and of knowledge are not new. In South Africa, these changes are crucial and long overdue. But they must be carefully thought through.

There’s no doubt South African universities need to undergo a real shift. But are the country’s current intellectual and academic forces up to the task?

2017 promises to be another tough year as South African universities head into the uncertain terrain of further addressing and healing the divisions that have been exposed.

Education must care for the multiple identities of students, not an elitist interest in some groups only.

South Africa’s cricket is on the rise again, now represented by players of all the country’s races. One of them is Temba Bavuma. His first test century in 2015 knocked a few perceptions for a six.

Access to quality infrastructure is important for students to succeed. However, resilience should be encouraged in the pursuit of academic success.

Universities play a major role in procuring the human and intellectual resources needed for fulfilling the various goals of the UN’s Agenda 2030.

South Africa’s peaceful transition from apartheid to democracy holds crucial lessons for a post-Islamic State Iraq.

Teachers in South Africa need far more high quality professional development, policy direction and support to take social cohesion from concept to classroom