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  • Seminar: ANC centenary

    Posted on September 06, 2012

    The Department of Historical and Heritage Studies in collaboration with the Department of Political Sciences invite you to a seminar entitled "Commemorating the ANC at 100: Writing, Remembering and Gendering" on Wednesday 26 September 2012.

  • Public seminar: South Africa's foreign policy

    Posted on September 05, 2012

    The Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, invites you to a seminar on the topic "A Vision for South African Foreign Policy: Now and Beyond", to be presented by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane on 11 September 2012.

  • Opinion: Who will take power from the ANC - and how?

    Posted on August 31, 2012

    South Africa lacks an alternative political party at a time when the political climate is ripe for such a prospect, writes UP Political Sciences lecturer and Business Day columnist Dr Mzukisi Qobo.

  • Public seminar: Zwelinzima Vavi

    Posted on August 30, 2012

    The Department of Political Sciences, Xstrata and The Sowetan invite you to a seminar on the topic of "Siege or Rescue? Workers, the unemployed, business and politicians in contemporary South Africa", to be presented by Mr Zwelinzima Vavi on 6 Sept

  • Seminar: Governance and water security

    Posted on August 30, 2012

    The Department of Political Sciences and Institute for Strategic and Political Affairs invite you to a seminar on the topic of "Governance and Politics in Quaternaries A63E and A71L in the upper Limpopo River Basin, South Africa", to be presented by Dr Ri

  • Political Science lecturers awarded R2m grant

    Posted on August 23, 2012

    Professors Maxi Schoeman and Lorenzo Fioramonti at the Department of Political Sciences were recently awarded a three-year research grant by the European Union as part of the internationally renowned Framework Programme 7.

  • Opinion: Western states are the real threat to free markets

    Posted on August 17, 2012

    It would give the ANC too much credit to claim that SA is shifting towards state capitalism, writes UP Political Sciences lecturer and Business Day columnist Dr Mzukisi Qobo.

  • Opinion: Save the SADC Tribunal

    Posted on August 17, 2012

    It would be a major setback for the international credibility of SADC if national sovereignty of member states were allowed to undermine the role of its Tribunal, rights UP Political Sciences Extraordinary Professor, Henning Melber.

  • Opinion: So-called Chinese alternative is a myth

    Posted on August 17, 2012

    Some in Africa view China as a welcome alternative to Western dominance, writes UP Political Sciences lecturer Prince Mashele.

  • Invitation: Interfaculty Model United Nations debate

    Posted on August 16, 2012

    The United Nations Association of South Africa (Pretoria Chapter) invites you to its final Model United Nations debate of the year on 25 August 2012.

  • Opinion: The many pitfalls of the DA

    Posted on August 10, 2012

    UP Political Sciences lecturer and Business Day columnist Dr Mzukisi Qobo assesses the DA

  • 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

  • Opinion: How optimists make us unwilling to face truth

    Posted on June 29, 2012

    We should reject metaphors such as "the glass is half full" when we could have it full to the brim. We must watch vigilantly that its contents do not diminish, writes UP Political sciences lecturer and Business Day columnist, Dr Mzukisi Qobo.

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