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03 May 2017

My YALI experience

WSG lecturer, Odile Mackett, attended the Young African Leaders Initiative Regional Leadership programmes and shares her...
24 April 2017

Don’t let corruption in SA become normalised

It is not true that corruption has no victims. Rather, it causes disastrously inefficient economic, social and political...
29 March 2017

Zille, tweeting and inanity: more reasons for white South Africans to shut up

It's remarkable how much of a shitstorm Twitter creates when in the hands of politicians – with serious costs for the...
28 March 2017

Tribute to Ahmed Kathrada

Ahmed 'Uncle Kathy' Kathrada, an unassuming, quiet man who has left South Africans with a legacy that's immediate, not...
13 February 2017

Improved workplace democracy set to stabilise SA labour market

Greater workplace democracy may make South Africa's labour market more peaceful, productive and less racially charged...
01 February 2017

Resource: UNESCO World Social Science Report 2016

William Gumede, Associate Professor at WSG, initially advised UNESCO to conceptualise the 2016 World Social Science...
30 January 2017

A woman president in South Africa?

Sadly the top contender of the country's top position offers more of the same.
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23 January 2017

The case for a people’s smart sanctions campaign against Trump’s America

Could this resistance be mobilised into a global movement against Trump, perhaps drawing lessons from the victory...
15 November 2016

South Africa needs tougher exchange controls before junk status hits

There was nothing radical or transformative in the medium-term budget announced by Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan last...

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