South Africa

Three Decades of Rural Health Research and a Bumper Crop of Insights from South Africa
Impact
March 27, 2024

Three Decades of Rural Health Research and a Bumper Crop of Insights from South Africa

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Edward Webster, 1942-2024: South Africa’s Pioneering Industrial Sociologist
Career
March 12, 2024

Edward Webster, 1942-2024: South Africa’s Pioneering Industrial Sociologist

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Societal Impact of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts 2024
Event
February 28, 2024

Societal Impact of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts 2024

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Restoring Regina Twala, Southern Africa’s Erased Activist and Anthropologist
Bookshelf
January 20, 2023

Restoring Regina Twala, Southern Africa’s Erased Activist and Anthropologist

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‘Old Bones in Boxes’: Lessons On Race and Physical Anthropology

‘Old Bones in Boxes’: Lessons On Race and Physical Anthropology

The discipline of physical anthropology has a dark, often fraught past. It was misused to justify slavery and even genocide. In this […]

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Social Scientists in the Time of COVID-19: The South African Experience

Social Scientists in the Time of COVID-19: The South African Experience

It is the role of the social sciences and the humanities, on the basis of evidence, to affirm where official policy is in the public interest, but also to point to where it is not.

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View From South Africa: Complexity Theory and University Leadership

View From South Africa: Complexity Theory and University Leadership

Cyrill Walters investigated the current styles of leadership in South African higher education institutions and has developed a model of the primary competencies leaders need.

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Bill Freund, 1944-2020: Inquisitive and Elegant Scholar on African Historiography

Bill Freund, 1944-2020: Inquisitive and Elegant Scholar on African Historiography

University of KwaZulu-Natal Professor Emeritus William Mark Freund, the economic, social, political, and development historian, died suddenly at his home in Durban, […]

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University Decolonization: More Than Mere Iconoclasm

University Decolonization: More Than Mere Iconoclasm

The decolonization debate in African universities raises critical issues about the relationship between power, knowledge and learning, argues Ahmed Essop. It also provides an opportunity to rethink the role of universities in social and economic development and in fashioning a common nation.

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Big Shoes and Little Feet: Leadership in South Africa

Big Shoes and Little Feet: Leadership in South Africa

African governance guru Robert Rotberg is visiting South Africa and Zimbabwe, suggesting a prescription for leadership that tries to recapture some of the benefits of the fading Mandela moment.

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Your Food, Your Planet: Time to Take Action

Your Food, Your Planet: Time to Take Action

If you haven’t yet seen the “Story of Agriculture and Climate Change: The Road We’ve Traveled” Oxfam infographic, take a look here, […]

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Academy of Management Africa Conference

Academy of Management Africa Conference

Join the Academy of Management on January 7-10, 2013 for their Africa Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Gordon Institute of Business […]

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