Lectures by distinguished Africans at Baxter

Xolela Mangcu|Published

One of Africa’s most distinguished writers and thinkers will be speaking at UCT’s Baxter Theatre tomorrow at 5. 30pm.

Be afraid, ANC . . . very afraid

Xolela Mangcu|Published

If I were a member of the ANC I would be afraid before the August local government elections, writes Xolela Mangcu.

UCT needs leaders, not managers

Xolela Mangcu|Published

Management has failed dismally, and the time has come for academics to show up, writes Xolela Mangcu.

Time for UCT leadership to confront its role in activist movements

Xolela Mangcu|Published

The other day I watched the Palestinian diplomat, Saeb Erekat’s pained appeal for the international community to do something about Israel’s continued settlements ...

UCT top brass failed to meet students halfway

Xolela Mangcu|Published

What could have been a rational dialogue crumbled into naked hostility and a heavy police presence, writes Xolela Mangcu.

Race illusion defined by whites

Xolela Mangcu|Published

The Hungarian economic historian Karl Polanyi said something about Adam Smith’s concept of economic man that could have relevance for the discourse on race in contemporary ...

Review: The Colour of Our Future

Xolela Mangcu|Published

The following is an excerpt from my last book The Colour of Our Future: Does Race ...

Always space for firm courage

Xolela Mangcu|Published

Just as I was about to knock off from work on Friday, I received an e-mail from David Bullard.

Racially offensive diatribe has no place

Xolela Mangcu|Published

David Benatar's article, "Those Who Seek Changes Must Show They Are Desirable (Cape Times, June 29) took me back to a comment made by two leading members of the ...

Call sparked for radical change

Xolela Mangcu|Published

In the greater scheme of white revisionism in South Africa, journalist Allister Sparks's description of Hendrik Verwoerd as a smart man is not entirely surprising. ...

Assault on idea of academic freedom

Xolela Mangcu|Published

In his article "UCT stands devoted to debate", Crain Soudien makes a statement that will and should not stand from an executive of an institution of higher learning ...

Danger of ‘rationalist conceit’

Xolela Mangcu|Published

Calls from the university administration on students to resolve the question of the removal of the Rhodes statue through rational deliberation are getting more strident ...

Attitude, not colour, shapes race

Xolela Mangcu|Published

The more I listen to discussions of affirmative action at UCT, the more I am convinced that the debate is about everything except race.