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2023 TB Davie Memorial Lecture presented by Prof Sakhela Buhlungu
25 August 2023 | Director Nico Badenhuizen and Ruairi Abrahams. Videography and Video Edit Ruairi Abrahams. Photo Lerato Maduna.The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) 57th TB Davie Memorial Lecture was presented by Prof Sakhela Buhlungu, professor of sociology and current vice-chancellor of the University of Fort Hare.
The lecture titled: “Academic Freedom and Institutional Autonomy: A View from the Tyhume Valley”, focused on four propositions about academic freedom and institutional autonomy in the current conjuncture in South Africa.
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