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South Africa’s University of Cape Town has emerged as the top-ranked institution in Africa for 2025 in the latest university ranking. The list is courtesy of Times Higher Education World University ...

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The Times Higher Education (THE) on Wednesday released the 2025 World universities rankings across nearly 2,000 institutions from 108 countries and territories. In Africa, seven South African ...

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Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, University of Cape Town The research will be pursued in collaboration with the WUN Global Higher Education and Research (GHEAR) ...

Elite capture, institutional weakness and cycles of reversal explain the situation in several post-colonial countries.