07 November 2023
Meet our new Academic Director
Associate Professor Kambidima Wotela is the new Academic Director at the Wits School of Governance. He was a Andrew W...
03 September 2023
Johannesburg’s catastrophic CBD fire is a tale of one city’s non-accountability crisis
Catastrophic events draw the attention-hungry media into the staggering horror of the moment which, although...
01 September 2023
Leadership change at WSG
Adjunct Professor Themba Maseko is now the interim head of the Wits School of Governance, following Professor Mzukisi...
21 August 2023
BRICS and the bars to dedollarising the world
A common currency is impractical in the short term due to divergent monetary regimes, the poor convertibility of...
09 August 2023
Women marching towards justice: The struggle continues
One of the greatest contributions of the generation of women of 1956 was protesting against the repugnant pass laws with...
09 August 2023
My role in helping South African opposition parties to form a coalition pact
My mandate is to persuade as many credible parties as possible to establish a joint vision for South Africa based on...
14 July 2023
Is #DIYAfrica the future?
There are several initiatives across sub-Saharan Africa in which citizen-driven technology is used to improve public...
09 July 2023
Using Africa’s precious civic innovation capacity to be Bee-Watcher-Watchering
The majority of the skill and capacity within the civic space, leveraging the newest technologies and methodologies, as...
01 July 2023
State failure: Why SA should move towards an entrepreneurial state
Government has failed to entrench an entrepreneurial mindset to its developmental statehood ambitions for a poverty...
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29 June 2026
WATCH: Symposium on Migration and Social Cohesion
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation of the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, in...
29 May 2026
WATCH: Architects of a capable State - celebrating our certificants
We recently held our Executive Education Certification Ceremony where hundreds of delegates successfully completed an...
11 May 2026
WATCH: Parliament failed to properly scrutinise NHI Act - Van den Heever
In a recent interview with Newzroom Afrika, Adjunct Professor Alex van den Heever says it is not Parliament’s role to...
10 March 2026
WATCH: AUDA-NEPAD, WSG launch innovative executive programme
Advocate Melanchton Makobe, Acting Director-General of the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, joined H.E...
28 July 2025
WATCH: Meet Jabulisile Shabalala, a WSG graduate who shares her research on inclusive housing
Meet Jabulisile Shabalala, a WSG graduate who shares her research on inclusive housing
28 July 2025
WATCH: Dr Linda Ncube-Nkomo says "Leadership is not confined to job titles"
Dr Linda Ncube-Nkomo, CEO of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund addresses WSG delegates