Is silence in the face of global injustice in the “best interests” of South African universities?

Authors

  • Kezia Lewins Department of Sociology, School of Social Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4861-6379
  • Peter van Heusden South African Medical Research Council Bioinformatics Unit, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6553-5274
  • Nazeema Mohamed Independent Consultant and Chair of the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee of Council, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Sanele Sibanda Department of Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7518-3030
  • Rebecca Pointer Centre for Science Communication, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8303-5772
  • Louis Reynolds Advocacy Committee, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2697-077X
  • Shabbir A. Wadee Professor Emeritus, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6744-3768

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2025/21191

Keywords:

scientists and society, academic freedom, ethical responsibilities, armed conflict, Palestine

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2025-03-07

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Discussion Commentary

How to Cite

Lewins, K., van Heusden, P., Mohamed, N., Sibanda, S., Pointer, R., Reynolds, L., Wadee, S. A., & Baldwin-Ragaven, L. (2025). Is silence in the face of global injustice in the “best interests” of South African universities?. South African Journal of Science, 121(3/4). https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2025/21191
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