Some issues in affirmative action in higher education in South Africa

摘要: The purpose of this article is to attempt a surfacing the assumptions and discourses surrounding affirmative action debate in higher education South Africa. draws attention two dominant – first being that patriotic university, second global university. In terms idea, argument made university should be mirror society which it operates therefore, an instrument for realizing its most important policies ideals. insists as institution arises out international commitment knowledge production, framework provides with legitimacy. argues neither these able fully understand engage complexities ancillary challenges racism racialisation. subsumes entirely within politics day, whatever they might be, while extrapolates from finds itself.