Posted on December 08, 2017
Sitting pretty – White Afrikaans women in postapartheid South Africa, the new book by Prof Christi van der Westhuizen, was launched during November in Cape Town, Johannesburg and at the University of Pretoria (UP).
Posted on October 09, 2017
Prof Nicky Falkof from the University of the Witwatersrand presented the seminar. In February 2013 a 17-year-old woman, Anene Booysen, was gang-raped, mutilated, disembowelled and left for dead on a construction site in the town of Bredasdorp, in the Western Cape, South Africa. Before dying of...
Posted on September 29, 2017
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has awarded the Annual Medal in Social Sciences and Humanities to Prof Charles van Onselen from the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on September 11, 2017
Mr Saint Jose Inaka, Ph.D Fellow, Department of Sociology presented the paper. The post-war reconstructions of the Congolese labour market were chosen for this study for a number of reasons. First, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was plunged into bloodshed from 1996 to 2002. That war,...
Posted on August 28, 2017
David Ikpo writes about the creation of queer spaces at the University as part of the #SpeakOutUP campaign, which aims to encourage a non-sexist, non-discriminatory, working, living and study environment for UP staff and students.
Posted on August 25, 2017
Ms Liesel Dentlinger, an Independent Researcher presented the paper. Far from signalling the end of social dialogue, the Marikana massacre underscores the importance of refining and adapting existing peak-level negotiating fora such as the National Economic, Development and Labour Council...
Posted on August 17, 2017
Prof Henning Melber, an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, writes about the African middle class in an article that recently appeared on The Conversation.
Posted on August 16, 2017
Ms Bongiwe Gumede, Researcher at the Constitutional Litigation Unit presented the seminar paper. In 2012, the South African mining industry witnessed a number of wildcat strikes. Granted, the prevalence of collective action (wildcat and otherwise) is not a new or foreign occurrence in South...
Posted on August 15, 2017
Dr Khumisho Moguerane from the University of Johannesburg presented the seminar. This study is a contribution to a growing literature on consumption in South Africa. It explores ‘to have a home of one’s own’ (ho ba le ha hao) as a social practice among black Sesotho-speaking...
Posted on June 30, 2017
Prof Christi van der Westhuizen, an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pretoria and a fellow of the Democracy Works Foundation, writes about the state of South Africa's ruling party ahead of their policy conference, which starts today, in an article that was...
Posted on June 13, 2017
Prof Christi van der Westhuizen, an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pretoria, explains why Helen Zille is wrong about colonialism.
Posted on May 10, 2017
Congratulations to Professor Zitha Dewah-Mokomane, Asscociate Professor in the Department of Sociology who received recognition at the University of Pretoria Academic Achievers Awards 2017 ceremony for her C2 NRF Rating.
Posted on April 20, 2017
Dr Sinwell and mr Siphiwe Mbatha published a book with the title 'The Spirit of Marikana: The Rise of Insurgent Trade Unionism in South Africa' The research investigated the experiences of mine workers who took part in the Marikana protests during August 2012.
Posted on April 07, 2017
Dr Shose Kessi from the Department of Psychology at the University of Cape Town presented a seminar at the Department of Sociology. Decolonisation is becoming a key term in the current higher education crisis across South African universities as student movements are advocating for free...
Posted on March 10, 2017
Ms Precious Baison, PhD Fellow at the Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria presented a seminar. Ms Baison reflected on how women are the most affected by the work-family conflict due to gender role allocation in the family and household where they are responsible for the majority of...
Posted on March 02, 2017
Prof Debby Bonnin, Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Pretoria, delivered her inaugural address entitled 'Transformations of work' at the University's Hatfield Campus on Tuesday, 21 February 2017.
Posted on February 17, 2017
Prof Christi van der Westhuizen from the Department of Sociology at the University of Pretoria presented a seminar on the 16th of February 2017. Prof van der Westhuizen reflected on earlier Afrikaner nationalist battles during the course of the 20th century about divergent claims on...
Posted on December 06, 2016
A research project by researchers at the Centre for Child Law in collaboration with Enterprises UP, examined laws, policies and related sources that impact adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights in 23 African countries.
Posted on December 01, 2016
Congratulations to Professor Zitha Dewah-Mokomane who has received a NRF C2 rating from January 2016.
Posted on December 01, 2016
On World Aids Day 2016, Geoffrey Ogwaro from the Centre for Human Rights at UP writes about leveling the plane for all vulnerable groups in South Africa in terms of disparities that fuel the discriminatory regime of HIV and Aids care.
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