Eusebius McKaiser Delivers Keynote Address at Wits Graduation Ceremony

Eusebius McKaiser, author of A Bantu in My Bathroom and fellow of the Wits Centre for Ethics, delivered the keynote address at a graduation ceremony for higher degrees from the Engineering and the Built Environment and Humanities faculties at the University of the Witwatersrand.

McKaiser said that South Africa needs an established culture of pursuing academic excellence for the sake of curiosity as opposed to choosing projects solely on the basis of practicality. He feels that often determining the direction of projects based on intellectual curiosity will take the projects in a socially relevant direction.

Eusebius McKaiser, radio personality, author and a fellow of the Wits Centre for Ethics, delivered the keynote address at the graduation ceremony for higher degrees from the faculties of Engineering and the Built Environment and Humanities on Monday, 10 December 2012.

McKaiser said South Africa needed to establish a culture of pursuing academic excellence for the sake of it, in a field one felt passionate about, and to relieve the pressure to choose academic projects with obvious, practical benefits.

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• A Bantu in My Bathroom: Debating Race, Sexuality and Other Uncomfortable South African Topics by Eusebius McKaiser
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