This lecture was delivered after being initially prohibited by a government ban on political meetings. Bozzoli discusses the necessity of social and educational change in South Africa, arguing that while change is inherently "inconvenient" for those in power, it is essential for survival. He advocates for tolerance, the acceptance of full citizenship rights for all, and the role of education in shifting national attitudes.
An inaugural memorial lecture for Professor D.C.S. "Daantjie" Oosthuizen (1926–1969), former Head of the Department of Philosophy at Rhodes University. The lecture discusses themes of truth, justice, the "secluded church" versus the church active in the world, and the responsibilities of the individual in the face of state injustice.
In this influential address, Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer reflects on the "interregnum"—the period between the dying of the old apartheid order and the birth of a new, yet-to-be-defined society. She examines the role of the white writer and intellectual in a revolutionary context, the "ugly creation" of institutionalized racism, and the urgent need for a new South African identity beyond race and class.
n analysis of the principles of academic freedom, university autonomy, and institutional neutrality within the socio-political context of apartheid-era South Africa. The lecture specifically addresses the "Extension of University Education Act of 1959" and the university's relationship with the State.
An exploration of the university's social responsibility toward those marginalized by apartheid policies. It defines "new foreigners" as Africans stripped of South African citizenship and Section 10 urban residency rights through the Bantustan system and resettlement programs. The lecture calls for universities to adopt multi-disciplinary approaches to address poverty, malnutrition, and legal injustices in the "periphery" or reserves.
