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On Monday, 12 May 2025, the University of Johannesburg (UJ) hosted the professorial inauguration of Professor Suzy Graham, a prominent scholar in international relations. The event was held at Ubuntu Chambers, Madibeng Building, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, and was attended by distinguished guests including UJ Dep...
Read articleNdzalama Mathebula is an Assistant Lecturer and Tutor coordinator at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg. She recently published an opinion article that first appeared in the ON POLICY on 08 November 2024. Coined by Alfreda T. Mahan, Sea Power refers to the power...
Read articleThe University of Johannesburg (UJ) in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Museum (NMM) hosted the third annual African Liberation Heritage Indaba. Held at the William Kgosietsile theatre on UJ’s Auckland Park Kingsway campus, the two-day indaba critically explored themes of heritage, repatriation and preservation o...
Read articleOn 30 September 2024, as Heritage Month drew to a close, the Department of Politics and International Relations at UJ's Faculty of Humanities hosted a workshop titled Translating Knowledge: Empowering South African Indigenous Languages in Political Science Education. Chaired by Prof Bhaso Ndzendze, Associate Profess...
Read articleOn the 26th of October in 2023, the Department of Politics and International Relations hosted a book discussion on Dan Mafora’s new volume titled Capture in the Court: In Defence of Judges and the Constitution . Published in October 2023 by Tafelberg, the text is available at Exclusive Books, which is already a numb...
Read articleThe University of Johannesburg (UJ) joins York University in Toronto, Canada, its wider community, and the rest of the world in mourning the death of John S Saul, an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Political Science. Prof Saul passed away on 23 September 2023 after a long struggle with cancer. Prof Saul was...
Read articleDr Bhaso Ndzendze is Associate Professor and HOD in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg. He recently published an opinion article that first appeared in the IPS on 25 August 2023. The choice to expand the BRICS might bring an end to the group as we know it. Going...
Read article[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Thursday, April 20th, the University of Johannesburg ‘s (UJ) Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) hosted the first official Model African Union (AU) Summit to be held at a South African institution of higher learning. The event was attended by nearly 300 stu...
Read articleThe dire state of South Africa’s public institutions cries for attention. This was the opening statement of Mcebisi Ndletyana when he delivered his Professorial Inaugural address at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) on Tuesday, 19 July 2022. In his address, titled Public Institutions and Political Culture: An Offs...
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