JONATHAN JANSEN | Why is academic xenophobia a threat to the future of the South African university?
At the root of the problem is the lack of understanding of what a university is
05 October 2022 - 21:33
One of the most serious threats facing higher education and the scientific enterprise in SA, is the rising tide of xenophobia in the halls of academia. I did not think this was possible. One could to some extent understand the raw competition for limited resources on the streets of Diepkloof or the farms of De Doorns where impoverished South Africans feel they were abandoned twice — first by the apartheid regime and then by their own leaders in the democratic period...
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