By Leslie London – 23 February 2025
If we kowtow to threats to withhold funding, we are acquiescing to a new world order where democratic processes can be usurped by money and power. Universities have an obligation to say no to such a dystopian future.
On 12 September 1977, Steve Biko was tortured to death by the apartheid police. Doctors employed by the state were complicit in his death, but when it was reported to the apartheid-era SA Medical and Dental Council, authorities covered up their unethical behaviour by suppressing any investigation…