The South African Higher Education Transformation Journey: Thirty Years after Democracy, edited by Grace Khunou and Nompumelelo Radebe

Amid global higher education reforms, growing reflections on postcolonial knowledge, and the expanding impact of artificial intelligence (AI), contemporary higher education increasingly reflects the interplay of institutional restructuring, epistemic reconsideration, and societal responsiveness.In South Africa, transformation goes beyond policy reform, encompassing the restructuring of university systems, knowledge production, and the pursuit of social equity.Since 1994, South African higher education has undergone profound changes.While access and representativeness have improved, entrenched institutional cultures, Western-centric curricula, and the marginalisation of African epistemologies remain pressing challenges.The South African Higher Education Transformation Journey: Thirty Years after Democracy frames these issues within the framework of inclusion, curriculum transformation, and epistemological shift, examining gender inequality, disability inclusion, curriculum decolonisation, African epistemologies, and university identity reconstruction.The book reveals tensions and intersections among multiple transformative forces, offering an insightful