Public lecture explores how students from a growing African middle class navigate new educational opportunities post-apartheid, suggesting significant societal shifts.
What should a post-apartheid university in South Africa look like and how are students from an exploding African middle class handling the sociological transition into a world of opportunities that was not available to most of their parents? Prof Crain Soudien, HSRC CEO, spoke about these questions at a public lecture held at North-West University.
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