Wits University’s Professor Achille Mbembe says that ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe’s comments about shutting down universities proves a shift in the perception of the university as a cumbersome burden rather than a public good. I listened to Gwede Mantashe, the Secretary General of the ANC on Wednesday. He has a way of speaking which is … Continue reading Achille Mbembe on the stalemate at our universities