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  • 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.

  • Seminar invitation: The US presidential election

    Posted on November 02, 2012

    The Department of Politial Sciences cordially invites you to "The US Presidential Election - A Conversation with the US Embassy" on Tuesday 6 November.

  • Prof Schoeman joins ISS board

    Posted on October 29, 2012

    Political Sciences Head of Department, Professor Maxi Schoeman, joined the Institute for Security Studies Board of Trustees in August.

  • Seminar: G20

    Posted on October 24, 2012

    The Department of Political Sciences and The Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation invite you to a seminar entitled "The G20: Looking to the Future" on 1 November.

  • Research funding: Humanities

    Posted on October 24, 2012

    Research funding notices, upcoming conferences and funding opportunities in the Humanities.

  • Seminar series: Prof Tariq Ramadan

    Posted on October 22, 2012

    The Department of Political Sciences will be hosting Oxford academic Professor Tariq Ramadan from 29 to 31 October and cordially invites you to attend his seminars.

  • Venue change: Islam and democracy seminar

    Posted on October 19, 2012

    The Department of Political Sciences and Faculty of Theology invite you to a seminar entitled "Are Islam and Sharia’h compatible with democracy?" to be presented by Prof Tariq Ramadan on 30 October.

  • Internships: Consultancy Africa Intelligence

    Posted on October 19, 2012

    Consultancy Africa Intelligence is calling for applications for its web-based internship programme, which begins in January 2013.

  • Opinion: SA has grim realities in store after Mangaung

    Posted on October 19, 2012

    If efforts to build the foundations of alternative government aren't accelerated, SA's post-Mangaung future looks bleak, writes UP Political Sciences lecturer and Business Day columnist Dr Mzukisi Qobo.

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