Prof Jonathan Jansen
Prof Jansen: Why Do Things Never Fall Apart in South Africa?
Why does South Africa not fall off the precipice? Economists are clear that if this economy does not grow soon, the prospects of new...
Jonathan Jansen: Rugby Match Violence Reveals Deep-Seated Anger…But Hope Abounds
We are gutted, here in the middle of the country on a university campus I have come to embrace with all its hope and...
Five Things You Can Do to Pull South Africa out of Despair
From a tent meeting in Emalahleni (Witbank) to a school hall in eThekwini (Durban); from a synagogue in Parktown to a church funeral in...
There is a Terrifying Silence in the Storm over Statues
This is not the time for hyperbole. No, there is not a race war coming. No, there will not be wholesale changes to memorials...
Erase Rhodes? That Offends Me as a Teacher
Professor Jonathan Jansen, President of the South African Institute of Race Relations, has described the  #RhodesMustFall movement as "anti-educational and anti-progressive" and questions the...