Newspaper ColumnsTimes Live Trump’s heinous assault on academia: could it happen here? Anti-academic sentiment is not exclusive to right-wing autocrats — we’ve seen flashes of it here in South Africa by Admin 30/04/2025 30/04/2025 https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times-daily/opinion-and-analysis/2025-04-30-jonathan-jansen-trumps-heinous-assault-on-academia-could-it-happen-here/ 1.8K 0 comments 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Admin previous post 10 stubborn myths about education that have South Africans in a chokehold next post Beware the dark side of employment equity You may also like After 15 years, this is my last column... 12/03/2026 Prof Roy firestorm: we’re skating on thin ice 05/03/2026 From the predictable chaos of political dysfunction at... 26/02/2026 Some vital lessons were lost in the Roedean/King... 19/02/2026 What kind of giver are you? 12/02/2026 It’s time for university students to learn the... 05/02/2026 Why more South African children will die in... 29/01/2026 ‘The doors of learning and culture shall be... 22/01/2026 Dress-up to cover up potential racial embarrassment is... 15/01/2026 Xenophobia turns us into our own worst enemies 11/12/2025
