Publishing of matric results debate back in court

Publishing of matric results debate back in court

The 2025 National Senior Certificate examination results will be announced on 12 January 2026. With the 2025 matric exams under way, the matter of publishing learners’ results in the media in January is being examined before the courts. It’s still unclear if the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination results will be publicised on various…

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Africa: Academic Funding, Academic Publishing, and Academic Freedom – an African Conundrum

Africa: Academic Funding, Academic Publishing, and Academic Freedom – an African Conundrum

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the…

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Africa: Academic Funding, Academic Publishing, and Academic Freedom – an African Conundrum

Africa: Publishing Autonomy, Censorship, and Endogenous Capitalism – Learning From Henry Chakava’s Legacy

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the…

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Africa: Academic Funding, Academic Publishing, and Academic Freedom – an African Conundrum

Africa: How Untold Stories in African Languages Could Turn the Page On Publishing

African stories and languages could unlock billions for the continent’s publishing industry if governments back local writers, a Unesco report has found. Africa’s book market, now worth $7 billion, could reach $18bn with more homegrown books in local languages. The African book industry, from authors to distributors and publishers, represents 5.4 percent of the global…

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