Posted on October 22, 2020
Over the past five years the conversation of, and on, fallism has largely centred on fees, yet the original movement went well beyond financial issues.
Posted on July 30, 2020
“Service above self” is the motto of the humanitarian organisation Rotary International. Committed to providing community service to others, the Rotarians promote integrity while advancing world understanding, goodwill, and peace.
Posted on April 23, 2020
Among the many extraordinary moments in the ANC’s long history was the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 and the liberation of South Africa in 1994. The first occasion signalled the final dash towards freedom, while the second created the possibility of transforming the state from a slave...
Posted on April 02, 2020
Soft power is generally deployed when countries are inspired by certain values and the civilisation of another nation to the point that they are moved to emulate such standards, offers retired lawyer and political thinker Lam Pin Foo.
Posted on February 27, 2020
Democratic South Africa has skeletons in the closet that it needs to address. One of these is the death of Dag Hammarskjöld, the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), in a plane crash shortly after midnight on 17 to 18 September 1961. The plane went down as it approached Ndola, a mining...
Posted on October 05, 2018
Applications for the DST-NRF Internship Programme 2019/20 are now open and close on the 2 November 2018. Masters and Honours students are encouraged to apply.
Posted on May 14, 2018
Africa as Concept and Method: Emancipation, Decolonization, Freedom The first CHCI Africa Workshop, Addis 2019, will be held at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia). Hosted by the Consortium of Humanities Institutes and Centers (CHCI) in collaboration with the College of Performing and Visual Art...
Posted on April 19, 2018
Dr. Cori Wielanga reflects on peacebuilding, transitional justice and the need to develop diverse justice and norms.
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