You will not see a 1500m of such speed and elegance any time soon: wow, Faith Kipyegon!! World record sprint

Want to get into university but you don’t have code 7s? How to beat the system in 10 steps. My Times column coming Thursday Times LIVE Sunday Times

Nkabane is toast

A manufactured scrum at kick-off, a line out in the middle of the field? Rassie for President 💪

Which Minister is likely to get the sack tonight?

I honestly don’t understand the commentariat. By now you should know the president is not going to take the bull by the horns. We know him to be maddeningly cautious. There is only one tool in his toolbox: commissions. It buys time, gives him the feeling of being safe. No recall.

President Ramaphosa would rather see us descend into a gangster state than ruffle any political feathers. My Times column Thursday Times LIVE Sunday Times

Since inception, the SETAs have been mired in scandal, a feeding trough of billions for the connected. What should be done?

How discovery happens across 21 disciplines; what a privilege to lead this project

Seven key priorities for the new minister of higher education, my Times column on Thursday Times LIVE Sunday Times

How did you meet your partner?

The one photo that drove Black Twitter nuts. That picture of the South African team in the international mathematics Olympiad. Where are the Blacks? Let’s talk about race and mathematics. My Times column on Thursday Times LIVE Sunday Times

The celebritisation of the PhD in SA is not helping: students are applying thinking they can do it in ONE year; that it will help grow their business or assist in the workplace; there's no sense that this a scholarly project or of its scale/scope. Is this happening elsewhere too?

Wow. Trump announces he is firing the U.S. Labor Statistics Commissioner for reporting that jobs numbers are weak under his watch. This is what dictators do.

Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, an longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today

Trump seeks to fire official overseeing jobs data after weak employment report. Completely predictable. And dangerous! apnews.com/article/trump-…

Calls for probe into KZN school nutrition contracts amid corruption claims implicating ANC MEC for Education. The programme is engulfed in a deepening corruption scandal that threatens to undermine this critical safety net. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…

African countries receiving migrants expelled from the USA for a buck is one of the most shameful things this continent could have committed.