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The troubles at top varsities UCT and UWC have sparked a debate over whether councils or their statutes rule the roost.

“We must and can do better. ”So says teaching union Naptosa’s executive director, Basil Manuel, reflecting on the state of schools around the country.

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

Mamokgethi Phakeng ‘subverted policies and procedures’ with council chair to ‘shield themselves from accountability’, report concludes

Fish paste is back but here's what KZN has to say on the matter...

Esports players say their sport is more than just time on the couch with a joystick – we have a national team, and it’s heading to global games at the end of the year.

As bell hooks said, ‘No need to hear your voice — tell me about your pain and I will tell it back to you in a new way, in such a way that it has become mine’, notes Makhudu Sefara.

The presentation explores the complex interpretations of "decolonization" in South African academia between 2015-2017, examining how these varying perspectives among students and faculty across ten universities influenced radical changes in the curriculum.

Perks, good salaries and well-mannered pupils are among the reasons some South African teachers are choosing to take up jobs overseas.

Rhodes University students are seeing red after the 119-year-old institution announced it was considering converting one of its long-standing all-male dormitories into a female residence, breaking a historic tradition.