Youth Advocacy Festival Comes to UP

Posted on March 13, 2023

The Humanities Faculty in collaboration with Engage South Africa and with support from the High Commission of Canada in South Africa, hosted the Youth Advocacy Festival on the 17 and 18 February 2023. The Festival took place at the Javett-UP Art Centre and on UP’s Hatfield Campus. The Youth...

UP EXPERT OPINION: Link between crime and politics in South Africa raises concerns about criminal gangs taking over

Posted on February 14, 2023

South Africa may be reaching a point where the link between crime and politics is sustained because there are role-players who do not want to see it changing, writes Prof Sandy Africa, Associate Professor, Political Sciences, at UP.

UP awarded four SARChI chairs

Posted on June 21, 2022

“We are proud of all the recipients and look forward to their contribution to strengthening the higher education landscape and making a difference in society,” said Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe.

UP EXPERT OPINION: SA can boast of three decades of peacemaking on the continent

Posted on May 30, 2022

Professor Adekeye Adebajo, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship senior research fellow, provides and overview of South Africa's peacemaking endeavours in African countries over the past 30 years.

UP’s African Centre for the Study of the United States aims to bridge the knowledge gap between Africa and the US

Posted on May 24, 2022

UP has launched the African Centre for the Study of the United States to bridge the knowledge gap between Africa and the US, and to produce multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.

#UPGraduation2022: UP caps current and former SRC presidents

Posted on May 05, 2022

“[Graduating] means a lot to me because a lot of black students don’t reach the finish line. Despite all the barriers, I’ve managed to come out victorious,” said current UP SRC president Thuto Mashile.

UP EXPERT OPINION: Earth Day: The yin and the yang

Posted on April 22, 2022

The support provided by industrialised/post-industrialised countries is critical for the Global South to undergo a transition that is both environmentally sustainable and economically viable, writes UP's Tyesha Pillay.

UP EXPERT OPINION: US’s first female top diplomat Madeleine Albright not all she was cut out to be

Posted on April 04, 2022

Professor Adekeye Adebajo, senior research fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, reflects on the legacy of United States diplomat Madeline Albright following her passing in late March 2022.