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.
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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