Jonathan Jansen is an internationally renowned expert in education, who in 2009 became the first black rector and vice-chancellor of the University of the Free State. He is a regular newspaper contributor, known for his views on transformation, peaceful reconciliation and unity.
Two truths on the road to racial healing in SA
OpinionAfter 30 years, this week’s public holiday, the Day of Reconciliation, gave me two unique vantage points on the ...
Dedicated teachers capable of changing SA’s dysfunctional schools
OpinionThe late Dr Peliwe Lolwana, a superb education thinker, loved repeating this saying from measurement circles: “you ...
Why Stellenbosch’s Wilgenhof residence should be closed
OpinionAfter a pleasant dinner on Tuesday with good friends, who also happen to be very influential South Africans, one of ...
History panel needs to take a cold shower
OpinionThe teaching of history in schools will always be a performative arena for petty, partisan politics of the worst kind.
The importance of a pedagogy of love
OpinionWhat could a pedagogy of love look like in South African classrooms? At the moment our teaching has been reduced to a ...
Blinded by The Donald: What Americans cannot see
OpinionI happened to be in the US in both the weeks (2015 and 2024) that Donald Trump was elected president. In both cases the ...
Thank you, my Prof, for teaching me to think my way through problems
OpinionI was visibly agitated, on the way to the weekly meeting, with my line head and vice-principal of the University of ...
SA education system not ready for a big jump in pass mark
OpinionMmusi Maimane of Build One SA has made the 30% pass rate his thing just like Gayton McKenzie of the Patriotic Alliance ...
Boys’ schools — we ignore the signs at our peril
OpinionShould we rethink the role of boys’ schools in SA?
Seven things which can help stop SA’s education rot
OpinionEarly in the morning, four days from now, nervous principals will go to collect the package of results for their ...