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1. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Aslam Fataar

   African universities must place community engagement at the centre (opens the original)

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   African and South African universities face a deepening crisis of legitimacy. Across the continent, inequality is widening, public institutions are under pressure and democratic trust is weakening. Universities operate amid unemployment, social fragmentation, ecological disruption, technological change and growing scepticism about whether higher education serves the societies that sustain it. At the same time, many institutions have become increasingly organised around competition, performance i

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2. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Aslam Fataar

   Reclaiming reason for transformation: Academic populism and the university (opens the original)

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   Universities are ethical institutions. They shape how society thinks, argues, judges and imagines its future. At their best, they cultivate critical reason, democratic judgment and public responsibility. Their task is not only to produce knowledge but to build the conditions under which knowledge can serve justice, repair and the public good. This article reflects on patterns that are increasingly visible across higher education in South Africa, Africa and beyond. It speaks to what happens when

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