UP EXPERT OPINION: Africa’s Future Hinges on Revitalizing Multilateralism

Posted on September 03, 2024

The United Nations Summit of the Future on September 22-23 represents a unique opportunity to strengthen multilateral cooperation. To advance peace, sustainable development, and human rights, Western governments must expand the UN Security Council and honor their longstanding development...

UP EXPERT OPINION: SA’s turn as G20 head is a chance to push African priorities

Posted on September 03, 2024

Professor Adekeye Adebajo highlights the opportunities to use policy dialogue to bring together civil society, diplomats, unions and the private sector to craft recommendations as South Africa ascends to the presidency of the G20.

UP EXPERT OPINION: Paris 2024 — the Afrolympics

Posted on August 20, 2024

Global Africans are true symbols of the globalisation of cultural identities argues Professor Adekeye Adebajo in his latest Business Day article.

UP EXPERT OPINION: Kamala Harris in the shadow of Barack Obama

Posted on August 06, 2024

Professor Adekeye Adebajo evaluates the appeal of Kamala Harris in the lead up to the 2024 US elections, and comments on the challenges to her campaign.

Dr Tamuka Chekero at the Neuchâtel Graduate Conference, Switzerland

Posted on August 06, 2024

Dr Tamuka Chekero, one of our postdoctoral researchers affiliated with the Operationalising Just Transition in Africa (OJTA) project, participated in the Neuchâtel Graduate Conference on Migration and Mobility Studies held from July 11 to 12, 2024, at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

UP EXPERT OPINION :The role of the pan-African intellectual

Posted on July 23, 2024

Professor Adekeye Adebajo discusses the role of the public intellectual as particularly important in Africa, with such individuals having a responsibility to promote a cosmopolitan Pan-Africanism and pursue seemingly “lost causes” such as reparations for slavery and colonialism.

CAS BLOG: Women, Power, and Land: Agrarian Feminism

Posted on July 18, 2024

In South Africa, the issue of gender equity, both in society and in agrarian relations, is founded on settler colonialism perpetuated through race, class, sexism, and patriarchy, among many other forms of discrimination and exclusion. Zakes Hlatswayo considers the disconnect between policy and...

UP EXPERT OPINION: Africa’s Hobbled Hegemons

Posted on July 17, 2024

In the face of regional turmoil, rising extremism, and heightened geopolitical tensions, Africa urgently needs strong leadership. But its two most significant regional powers, Nigeria and South Africa, are too constrained by domestic challenges to represent Africa’s interests effectively on...