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30 June 2025

WSG students experience transformative global immersion at Cambridge University

On 2 June 2025, a group of students from the Wits School of Governance (WSG), enrolled in the Executive Development...
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23 June 2025

Higher education’s critical role in building a society and public sector resilient to corruption

The Wits School of Governance hosted a workshop on promoting international anti-corruption standards in academia on 11...
Former Wits VC Adam Habib
02 June 2025

Where are We? South Africa and Africa’s Role in the Contemporary World

Professor Adam Habib, Director of SOAS University of London and former VC of Wits University delivered the keynote...
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22 May 2025

Reimagining Africa’s future: A decolonial intersectional feminist vision

"Let us remember the unnamed women who hid documents under their skirts, who transformed their homes into safe havens...
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20 May 2025

Global perception of the world's major powers are shifting

According to the latest Democracy Perception Index released by Nira Data and the Alliance of Democracies Foundation...
Themba in court yard
15 May 2025

Leading with values: Wits Governance Head of School earns national recognition

Professor Themba Maseko, Head of the Wits School of Governance, was recently named runner-up in the Governance Public...
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13 May 2025

Digital government can benefit citizens: how South Africa can reduce the risks and get it right

The digital revolution is reshaping governance worldwide. From the electronic filing of taxes to digital visa...
WSG Academic Dr Thelela in New York
17 March 2025

Transformational leadership and collaboration needed now more than ever - Ngcetane-Vika

Reimagining leadership from an African perspective is key and African stories about women and values must assert their...
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04 February 2025

The captive democracy of SAs coalition governance

Coalition governance offers potential for enhancing democracy in theory; but the dominance of party-political funding...

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WSG Academic Dr Thelela
14 May 2025

WATCH: US genocide claim aims to undermine SA in Israel case - Ngcetane-Vika

Forty-nine white South African Afrikaners arrived in the United States of America to be granted refugee status, claiming...
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01 April 2025

WATCH: WSG Post Election Conference

Consolidating South Africa’s Democratic Governance: The WSG Post Election Conference took place from 26 until 28 March...
Wits School of Governance Academic Director: Professor Kwandiwe Kondlo
07 February 2025

WATCH: WSG experts weigh in on SONA

Professor Kwandiwe Kondlo and Dr Rekgotsofetse Chikane discussed what to expect at the State of the Nation Address by...
WSG Academic Dr Thelela
20 January 2025

WATCH: Trump inauguration - what to expect

Dr Thelela Ngcetane-Vika spoke to the SABC about incoming US President Donald Trump's vision as he returns to the White...
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20 January 2025

WATCH: Reflection on #FeesMustFall legacy - Chikane

Former #FeesMustFall activist Dr Rekgotsofetse Chikane, contributor to Fees Must Fall: Student Revolt, Decolonisation...
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19 November 2024

WATCH: Russia-Ukraine Conflict - WSG weighs in

Dr Thelela Ngcetane-Vika reflected on the ongoing war in Ukraine. This comes after US President Joe Biden authorised...