Queer Spaces will change things at UP

Posted on August 28, 2017

David Ikpo writes about the creation of queer spaces at the University as part of the #SpeakOutUP campaign, which aims to encourage a non-sexist, non-discriminatory, working, living and study environment for UP staff and students.

Sociology seminar: The Relevance and Effectiveness of Nedlac as a Social Dialogue Forum: The Marikana Crisis

Posted on August 25, 2017

Ms Liesel Dentlinger, an Independent Researcher presented the paper. Far from signalling the end of social dialogue, the Marikana massacre underscores the importance of refining and adapting existing peak-level negotiating fora such as the National Economic, Development and Labour Council...

Opinion: The African middle class matters: but not for the reasons commonly put forward

Posted on August 17, 2017

Prof Henning Melber, an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, writes about the African middle class in an article that recently appeared on The Conversation.

Sociology seminar: ‘Wildcat communication: A new period in the South African labour relations system?’

Posted on August 16, 2017

Ms Bongiwe Gumede, Researcher at the Constitutional Litigation Unit presented the seminar paper. In 2012, the South African mining industry witnessed a number of wildcat strikes. Granted, the prevalence of collective action (wildcat and otherwise) is not a new or foreign occurrence in South...

Sociology seminar: ‘A home of one’s own: An exploration of property ownership in the borderlands of post-apartheid eastern Free State and Lesotho’

Posted on August 15, 2017

Dr Khumisho Moguerane from the University of Johannesburg presented the seminar. This study is a contribution to a growing literature on consumption in South Africa. It explores ‘to have a home of one’s own’ (ho ba le ha hao) as a social practice among black Sesotho-speaking...

Opinion: ANC policy papers point to a party in a panic about losing power

Posted on June 30, 2017

Prof Christi van der Westhuizen, an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pretoria and a fellow of the Democracy Works Foundation, writes about the state of South Africa's ruling party ahead of their policy conference, which starts today, in an article that was...

Opinion: Why Helen Zille is wrong about colonialism

Posted on June 13, 2017

Prof Christi van der Westhuizen, an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pretoria, explains why Helen Zille is wrong about colonialism.

Professor Zitha Dewah-Mokomane receives C2 NRF Rating

Posted on May 10, 2017

Congratulations to Professor Zitha Dewah-Mokomane, Asscociate Professor in the Department of Sociology who received recognition at the University of Pretoria Academic Achievers Awards 2017 ceremony for her C2 NRF Rating.