Higher Education, Training, and Technology Minister Blade Nzimande said that Unisa needed to think about the role it should be playing in the current global geopolitics.
Nzimande was speaking at the university’s 150th birthday celebrations taking place in Pretoria on Monday.
Minister Dr @DrBladeNzimande and Deputy Minister @ButiManamela are among dignitaries at the University of South Africa 150 Years celebration under the theme “Reclaiming Africa’s Intellectual Futures”.#ReclaimimgAfricasIntellectualFutures pic.twitter.com/0z4wZLCdDj
— HigherEduTrainingZA (@HigherEduGovZA) June 26, 2023
He said that as a leading institution and as one of the oldest universities in the world, Unisa must speak up about what’s currently happening in the world.
“Our continent is still enduring legacies of colonialism. Unisa needs to locate itself in terms what role and contribution it should play in addressing the current global and continental challenges and problems we face.”
-EWN
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