Posted on November 21, 2025
The end of South Africa’s G20 presidency does not mean the end of its ability or responsibility to promote the issues it prioritised during 2025.
Posted on November 20, 2025
In the lead-up to the 2025 G20 Leaders’ Summit, Professor Daniel Bradlow, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, has been a sought-after voice on global economic governance. Professor Bradlow’s commentary provides clarity and context in an...
Posted on November 19, 2025
Professor Adekeye Adebajo, a distinguished scholar, author, and advocate for pan-African thought, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, was a featured participant at the Open Book Festival, held in Cape Town.
Posted on November 19, 2025
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the doctrine of the “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) as a norm by the UN General Assembly in 2005.
Posted on November 07, 2025
The Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship congratulates Professor Adekeye Adebajo, a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre, on being shortlisted for the South African Literature Awards (SALA) in the Creative Non-Fiction Literary Award category.
Posted on October 30, 2025
With US President Donald Trump blithely brushing aside the United Nations’ many achievements, it is worth revisiting the organization’s successes and failures over the years. While it is obvious that the world’s premier multilateral body must reform, it is equally obvious that...
Posted on October 27, 2025
Call for Applications: Re-Imagining Reproduction Fellowships
Posted on October 24, 2025
Dr Tafadzwa Mushonga participates in a reflective webinar on the 2024 Social Justice Jam.
Posted on October 23, 2025
Former French president was jailed for soliciting funds from Libyan autocrat Muammar Gaddafi for his 2007 presidential campaign
Posted on October 15, 2025
Dr Tamuka Chekero participated in the inaugural transdisciplinary conference “Movement: People, Particles and Profit in Motion,” organised by the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS) at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on October 15, 2025
A policy dialogue was convened by South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) at the foreign ministry in July 2024, in collaboration with the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS).
Posted on October 10, 2025
The Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship Director and Reimagining Reproduction Principal-Investigator, Professor Nolwazi Mkhwanazi, launched her new book at the “Young People, Gender and Digital Life Today” conference on 15 September 2025.
Posted on October 10, 2025
On Friday, August 22, 2025, Professor Frans Swanepoel and Professor Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu from the University of Pretoria (Republic of South Africa), one of our partner universities, visited TUFS during their trip to Japan for the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD...
Posted on October 10, 2025
Accelerating research impact in Africa. Dr Thokozile Lewanika writes about the PERKA II meeting, held from 6 to 9 October 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Posted on October 08, 2025
South Africa prepares to host the G20 summit, attention is on the economic bloc's function and relevance.
Posted on October 08, 2025
US president chides the global body for not supporting his mediation efforts
Posted on September 29, 2025
US president Donald Trump’s address to the annual gathering of the United Nations general assembly in late September 2025 set a new low in international relations.
Posted on September 27, 2025
US President Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly this week that the UN is failing to address global conflicts and migration challenges, sparking debate about its relevance. Professor Adekeye Adebajo shares his insights on Trump's statement with Newzroom Africa.
Posted on September 26, 2025
Delusional British pundits have often portrayed Mandelson as a ‘Trump Whisperer’, exaggerating his influence
Posted on September 22, 2025
The Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS) hosted a lively and thought-provoking interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Research Day, where early-career researchers from the University of Pretoria presented work that defies traditional disciplinary boundaries.
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