Posted on April 12, 2024
Dr Avi Sooful, Senior Lecturer in Fine Arts at UP’s School of the Arts, has become the first South African to join UNESCO think tank on arts education around cultural diversity & sustainable development.
Posted on April 10, 2024
Until emerging powers from the global South, and courageous leadership from BRICS+, establish a rehabilitated international framework supported by enforceable laws, the impasse in the global order is likely to persist when it comes to the Israel-Hamas conflict, argues Dr Quraysha Ismail Sooliman.
Posted on April 05, 2024
Professor Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem, the Head of UP’s Department of Philosophy, discusses her recent appointment as Chair of UNESCO’s World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology.
Posted on March 27, 2024
UP Tourism Honours Students show high school learners future educational opportunities and the UP Hatfield Campus
Posted on March 21, 2024
In 1958, South Africa saw 1.5 million convictions yearly under apartheid's pass laws, controlling black movement. 1960 brought anti-pass campaigns by ANC and PAC. On March 21, PAC planned protests, Sharpeville saw 69 dead. Since 1994, Sharpeville Massacre remembered as Human Rights Day. March 20,...
Posted on March 20, 2024
In a recent seminar hosted by UP's Department of Political Science Dr Mariel Reiss took a closer look at the human rights architecture of regional organisations.
Posted on March 13, 2024
Prof Nontembeko Bila of UP’s Department of Social Work and Criminology details how ubuntu holds profound wisdom that can offer an alternative approach to the global mental health crisis.
Posted on March 12, 2024
The theme of International Women’s Day, "Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress," implies material growth. Ashley Montagu argues for prioritizing empathy and cooperation over aggression. Women like HRH Reema bint Bandar Al Saud advocate for empathy's importance. Conflicts often stem from...
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