University rankings are harmful (2013): https://mg.co.za/article/2013-01-04-17-university-rankings-a-flawed-tool/
Interrogating dubious claims about the ‘ageing academy’ in South Africa (2013): https://mg.co.za/article/2013-10-04-no-replacement-for-ageing-brains/
Transformation in South African academia (2014): https://mg.co.za/article/2014-03-07-academic-privilege-is-a-grey-area/
Threats to academic freedom from within the academy (2013): https://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-14-the-real-threat-to-academe-is-internal/
On transformation in South African academia and the University of Cape Town in particular (2014): https://mg.co.za/article/2014-11-21-transformation-is-not-ucts-priority/
#RhodesMustFall and transformation in South African higher education (2015): https://mg.co.za/article/2015-05-15-long-wait-for-change-in-our-varsities/
The #RhodesMustFall movement, the Rhodes Trust and change in higher education institutions (2016): https://mg.co.za/article/2016-03-09-tertiary-institutions-must-initiate-change-not-pacify-donors/
Incentives for academics can have harmful consequences (2017): https://theconversation.com/incentives-for-academics-can-have-unintended-negative-consequences-78408
The murder of Professor Gregory Kamwendo as an extreme symptom of bigger problems in South African higher education (coauthored with Nomalanga Mkhize, Carmen Christian, Claudia Gastrow, Andrew Kerr, Mahlatsi Maredi, Derek Yu, 2018): https://mg.co.za/article/2018-12-08-letter-the-murder-of-prof-kamwendo-at-unizulu/