SINCE the "fall of Rhodes", SA’s historically white universities have been forced to search their souls and answer tough questions about why they have failed to transform in two decades of democracy.While some have changed their student demographics, virtually all still mirror the contours of racial segregation in the employment and advancement of academic staff, and little has been done to transform curricula and languages of instruction.It may take decades more before any of them can claim to be an African university engaged in scholarly work to find solutions to the problems faced by the continent.The removal of the statue of Cecil John Rhodes at the University of Cape Town (UCT) was the culmination of a long dispute that began in 2013, when academic Xolela Mangcu and students clashed with management over the plan to scrap racial profiling when new students applied. This year’s #RhodesMustFall campaign swept across the country.In March, newly appointed Rhodes University vice-chan...
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