Seven years after apartheid ended here, student enrollment, even at what were all-white universities, has begun to reflect what the Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu dubbed the rainbow nation.

The University of Johannesburg has been ranked as sub-Saharan Africa’s best university, beating two historic rivals — the University of Pretoria and the University of the Witwatersrand — to the top ...

Professor Suren Pillay, the director of the Centre for African Studies and holder of the AC Jordan Chair in African Studies ...

In a call to action for universities and society at large, this inspiring lecture underscored the power of language as a ...

Civil society cannot solve the country’s literacy crisis on its own, because the scale is too vast and the resources required ...

After a hitman tried to assassinate the vice-chancellor of Fort Hare University but ended up gunning down the academic’s bodyguard, in January 2023, South Africa’s police abducted and tortured a union ...

MULDERSDRIFT, South Africa—The University of Johannesburg might have selected Joburg, rather than the bush, for the most recent Southern African Conference for Artificial Intelligence Research focused ...

A video depicting the abuse of five elderly black cleaners has sparked protests at a South African university. The video shows four students from a white-only, male dorm at the University of the Free ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least one person has died and two students have been injured in clashes between South African university students and police over tuition fees at the University of Witwatersrand ...