UP EXPERT OPINION: Resistance is dignity ... The 7th October Palestinian uprising

Posted on October 13, 2023

"Hamas and the others, such as the ANC in the past, are not terrorist organisations but liberation movements," writes Dr Quraysha Ismail Sooliman, a researcher in the Department of Political Sciences at UP.

UP EXPERT OPINION: Giants of Global Africa give lie to black stereotypes

Posted on September 01, 2023

Professor Adekeye Adebajo unpacks his recently published Global Africa: Profiles in Courage, Creativity and Cruelty, which contains 100 essays written over the last three post-apartheid decades.

UP EXPERT OPINION: Farewell to arms? UN peacekeeping at 75

Posted on May 08, 2023

“Typically, 80% of funding for UN peacekeeping missions goes directly to support the needs of the operations, not to rebuilding war-torn countries to sustain peace,” says UP’s Prof Adekeye Adebajo, warning that this must be remedied urgently.

The Texture of Dissent - Book Launch

Posted on April 04, 2023

On 23 March 2023, the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria in collaboration with the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) hosted the launch of the book, The Texture of Dissent: Defiant Public Intellectuals in South Africa (2022) at the Javett-UP Arts Centre.

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.

Tokens and smokescreens – Why women don’t need more commemorations on Women’s Day

Posted on August 05, 2022

“We have still not made substantive practical progress through tangible evidence that we truly believe women are integral to societies,” say academics from UP’s Centre for Mediation in Africa.

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.