Posted on May 21, 2025
A chain-smoking polyglot, Valentin-Yves Mudimbe was best known for his ‘The Invention of Africa’
Posted on May 12, 2025
The G20 claims to be “the premier forum for international economic cooperation”. But is it? Professor Daniel Bradlow and Professor Robert Wade reflect on reform opportunities for the G20 under South Africa's presidency in the Conversation Africa article.
Posted on May 09, 2025
The hard-won achievements of the 50-year-old Economic Community of West African States are at risk of unravelling amid growing political and economic turmoil. Following the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, the 12-member group’s survival depends on the political leadership of its...
Posted on May 06, 2025
In his Business Day article, Professor Adekeye Adebajo reflects on the legacy of the late Pope Francis, who provided hope and succour to the destitute, downtrodden and desperate.
Posted on May 05, 2025
Dr Tafadzwa Mushonga is anticipating the publication of her book chapter "Anthropocene Relations and the ‘Human activity’ in Zimbabwe’s Forest Reserves" in the upcoming volume "Southern Anthropocenes" edited by Casper Bruun Jensen.
Posted on April 30, 2025
Dr Tamuka Chekero (CAS, UP) and Phatsimo Rahman (SouthSouthNorth) reflect on the implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI), which offers a transformative opportunity for advancing a just energy transition (JET) in Africa.
Posted on April 22, 2025
On Tuesday, 15 April 2025, the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS) hosted a public lecture titled “Trump's Threat to Democracy and the Future of the Global Order,” delivered by Dr. Gregory F. Treverton, Professor of the Practice of International Relations and Spatial...
Posted on April 07, 2025
Harnessing the collective strength of the Global South — where SA is widely respected — is the only viable option
Posted on April 07, 2025
In a rare move, the Trump administration expelled Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, in mid-March 2025. In a post on X, US secretary of state Marco Rubio accused Rasool of hating the US and President Donald Trump, and said the ambassador was “no longer welcome in...
Posted on April 04, 2025
Violence since 2022 has displaced around seven million people in the eastern DRC – one of the highest numbers globally. Three decades of conflict have also produced more than 100 armed groups, threatening regional stability.
Posted on April 01, 2025
With South Africa finding itself singled out by US President Donald Trump and those around him, the country’s ambitions for its G20 presidency now face major hurdles, writes Professor Adekeye Adebajo in his Business Day column.
Posted on March 25, 2025
Prof Adebajo hopes the book will provide South African audiences specifically with insights into African economics and politics and the role South Africa plays in Southern Africa’s broader economy
Posted on March 25, 2025
In late December 2024, Professor Peter Vale was awarded the 2025 Marloth Medal from the Royal Society of South Africa.
Posted on March 24, 2025
In his Business Day article from 24 March 2025, Professor Adekeye Adebajo reflects on the dangerous peace-enforcement operation and untraditional peacekeeping mission by South Africa in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Posted on March 19, 2025
In 2025, Dr Tafadzwa Mushonga will publish a monograph titled "The Conservation of Violence: Statecraft, Forests, and Coloniality. The book will be available for order from 23 June 2025.
Posted on March 12, 2025
South Africa took over the presidency of the G20 at the end of 2024. Since then, the world has become a more complex, unpredictable and dangerous place. The most powerful state in the world, the US, seems intent on undermining the existing order that it created and on demonstrating its power over...
Posted on March 11, 2025
Professor Adekeye Adebajo's new book gives readers a panoramic view of the Black Atlantic in Africa, America, the Caribbean and Europe.
Posted on February 24, 2025
Professor Adekeye Adebajo's Business Day column, published on 24 February 2025, responds to Professor Johnny Steinberg's article published on 17 January 2025.
Posted on February 13, 2025
Professor Danny Bradlow reflects on US President Donald Trump’s recent actions to reassert American power and his attempts at bullying weaker nations into following America’s lead in his latest contribution to The Conversation Africa.
Posted on February 12, 2025
In his latest Business Day article, Professor Adekeye Adebajo opines that the US president is a master of chaos bent on violent vengeance at the start of his second presidential term.
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