POLICY BRIEF: The Road to Nasrec: South Africa’s G20 Presidency

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).

EVENT REPORT: PERKA II Accelerating Research Impact in Africa

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.

Professor Frans Swanepoel represents UP on visit to TUFS, Japan

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...

POLICY BRIEF: What Can South Africa do on Debt and Development in its Remaining Term as G20 Presidency?

Posted on July 07, 2025

Professor Daniel Bradlow and Kesaobaka Nancy Mopipi (SAIIA) have penned a policy brief on how South Africa can leverage its G20 presidency to highlight African concerns and open opportunities to question and explore Africa’s position in the global economic and financial system.

UPCOMING PUBLICATION: Book Chapter "Anthropocene Relations and the ‘Human activity’ in Zimbabwe’s Forest Reserves" by Dr Tafadzwa Mushonga

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.

POLICY BRIEF: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Propel a Just Energy Transition in Africa

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.

UPCOMING PUBLICATION: The Conservation of Violence - Statecraft, Forests, and Coloniality

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.

EVENT REPORT: African Urbanities Summer Institute 2023

Posted on January 01, 2024

Dr Albert Oloruntoba's reflections on the 2023 African Urbanities Summer Institute in Accra, Ghana.