Opinion: SA needs leadership, not new economic policies

Posted on August 03, 2012

The recent hype generated by the Democratic Alliance (DA) about its new growth strategy is an attempt to mask the party

Opinion: AU chairmanship could damage SA

Posted on July 27, 2012

Contesting the AU Commission chair may turn out to be one of the biggest blunders in South Africa

Political Sciences lecturers awarded R800 000 grant

Posted on July 26, 2012

Professors Maxi Schoeman and Lorenzo Fioramonti were recently awarded a Volkswagen Foundation research fund as part of a cooperation project with the University of Tubingen, Germany.

Student Seminar: Electoral violence in Nigeria

Posted on July 26, 2012

The Department of Political Sciences cordially invites you to a student seminar analysing the 2003 and 2007 electoral violence in Nigeria, to be presented by Mr Aondowase Nyam.

Opinion: Is nonracialism still a dream worth pursuing?

Posted on July 20, 2012

Non racialism offers a convenient veil to cover inequalities that retain a strong racial dimension, writes UP Political Sciences lecturer and Business Day columnist Dr Mzukisi Qobo.

Opinion: Time for undemocratic Nedlac to shut up shop

Posted on July 13, 2012

The common thread that unites narrow business interests and unionists is their disregard for competitiveness, writes UP Political Sciences lecturer and Business Day columnist Dr Mzukisi Qobo.

Opinion: Maybe ANC is not yet ready to govern, after all

Posted on July 06, 2012

The policy conference amply demonstrated the inability of the ANC to rise to the task of governing, writes UP Political Sciences lecturer and Business Day columnist Dr Mzukisi Qobo.

Public Seminar: Freedom of Expression: How far has Africa progressed?

Posted on July 04, 2012

The Department of Political Sciences and Institute for Strategic and Political Affairs, in association with Xstrata and The Sunday Independent is hosting a public seminar on freedom of expression, to be presented by Advocate Pansy Tlakula, on Thu