Foreign academics are not the problem
Xenophobic populism on campuses only serves to hide the failures of transformation
01 June 2025 - 00:00
As a senior academic who has dedicated my professional life to research, teaching and academic leadership at South African universities, I am flabbergasted at the persistent xenophobic polemic over foreign academics in South Africa’s higher education institutions. ..
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