Barbarism in Higher Education

The narratives enters into the minutiae of the unfolding personal relations within both the merger process and the transformations of South Africa Higher Education…It tells the tale of gargantuan strife between the free-thinkers and free-souls who believe that the intellect and the institutions which promote it-like universities-are places of critique and openness and those,of a bureaucratic mind,who believe that these institutions should be used for social control. The Authors’ writings is in a dramatic and,at times, riveting fashion…the narratives confirms that of Higher Education in South Africa is racked with internecine fighting, alarming levels of incompetence and simple nepotism.