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  • Opinion: German-Namibian relations remain fragile

    Posted on February 15, 2013

    In the absence of any significant sign of remorse, which could be considered as honest insight into historical injustices, German-Namibian relations will remain a precarious affair, writes UP Political Sciences Extraordinary Professor, Henning Melber.

  • UP Political Sciences in the news

    Posted on February 11, 2013

    Political Sciences lecturer Professor Lorenzo Fioramonti was recently interviewed by international news agency Reuters and the BBC on gross domestic product as a measure of economic progress.

  • Opinion: Build a better bridge between business and state

    Posted on February 11, 2013

    Big business demonstrates little social consciousness beyond piecemeal corporate social responsibility efforts, writes UP Political Sciences lectuere and <i>Business Day</i> colunnist Dr Mzukisi Qobo.

  • Opinion: Will Ramphele change the political landscape?

    Posted on February 01, 2013

    Most black South Africans still have allegiance to the ANC as the party that supposedly liberated them, writes UP Political Sciences lecturer and Business Day columnist Dr Mzukisi Qobo.

  • Opinion: Are South Africans willy-nilly captives of a wayward ANC government?

    Posted on January 28, 2013

    South Africa is not yet a "mature" political system - hence the distored party political dispensation, writes UP Extraordinary Professor Gerrit Olivier on News24.

  • Opinion: "Transactional leadership" puts South Africa

    Posted on January 25, 2013

    Zuma is SA

  • Cancellation: Conflict resolution seminar

    Posted on January 24, 2013

    The 5 February seminar on "The Question of the Malvinas/Falkland Islands: Sovereignty Titles and the Peaceful Resolution of Conflicts", to be presented by Marcelo Gustavo has had to be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

  • Research: Global leadership

    Posted on January 21, 2013

    Political Sciences HoD Professor Maxi Schoeman and research associate Dr Chris Alden recently published an article on South Africa's role in a changing global order in International Affairs.

  • 2013 Postgraduate studies in Political Sciences

    Posted on December 10, 2012

    Important information and dates for postgraduate students studying in the Department of Political Sciences in 2013.

  • 2013 Undergraduate studies in Political Sciences

    Posted on December 10, 2012

    Important information and dates for students studying in the Department of Political Sciences in 2013.

  • Opinion: Liberation values timeless, not exceptional

    Posted on November 30, 2012

    Mac Maharaj has allowed himself to be reduced to a spin doctor for a chaotic leadership, writes UP Political Sciences lecturer and Business Day columnist Dr Mzukisi Qobo.

  • Seminar: Sino-African relations

    Posted on November 27, 2012

    The Department of Political Sciences invites you to a seminar entitled "Is China's foreign assistance mutually beneficial? A Sino-Africa trade test", to be presented by Cuizhen Zhang on 4 December.

  • Africa Yearbook to receive Conover-Porter Award

    Posted on November 26, 2012

    The prize will be awarded to the annual volume, edited by Andreas Mehler, Klaas van Walraven and UP Political Sciences Extraordinary Professor Henning Melber, in Philadelphia on 29 November 2012.

  • Opinion: Accountability should not be an optional extra

    Posted on November 23, 2012

    Complete dysfunction will not announce itself with a knock on the door but we may very well be nearing that point, writes UP Political Sciences lecturer and Business Day columnist Dr Mzukisi Qobo.

  • Lecture: Green economy

    Posted on November 21, 2012

    Simon Zadek, research fellow of the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation, recently presented a lecture at Unisa on shaping a green political economy.

  • Opinion: Pillars of change extend beyond ANC

    Posted on November 16, 2012

    We need to reflect deeply on the pillars required to build an enduring future, writes UP Political Sciences lecturer and Business Day columnist Dr Mzukisi Qobo.

  • Seminar: The future of the EU

    Posted on November 09, 2012

    The Department of Political Sciences and The Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) invite you to a seminar entitled "Rise or Fall? The future of the European Union", to be presented by Dr Fraser Cameron on 23 November.

  • Opinion: New political party needed to secure SA

    Posted on November 09, 2012

    It is doubtful that the DA will eventually become a juggernaut that crushes the ANC, writes UP Political Sciences lecturer and Business Day columnist Dr Mzukisi Qobo.

  • Seminar invitation: Global summitry

    Posted on November 06, 2012

    The Department of Political Sciences invites you to a seminar entitled "The meaning and consequences of global summitry", to be presented by Alan Alexandroff on 9 November 2012.

  • How the DA can reconstruct opposition politics

    Posted on November 02, 2012

    The DA needs to overcome the perception that it is a party that panders to the core constituency, writes UP Political Sciences lecturer and Business Day columnist Dr Mzukisi Qobo.

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