20 October 2016
What must fall: fees or the South African state?
The polarising effects of #FeesMustFall are now pervasive in the academy, and probably beyond.
17 October 2016
WSG to train Commonwealth parliamentarians
WSG is proud to announce that it has won the tender to provide certificate programmes to members of the Commonwealth...
29 September 2016
The Mandela Foundation’s verdict on the Mandela era: it failed …
In a little-heralded move in 2015, the Nelson Mandela Foundation released a "position paper" on race and identity.
30 August 2016
South Africa’s ruling ANC is facing its sternest test. From the inside
The old world as South Africa knew it, of ANC majorities and policy certainty, seems to be at an end – and all does not...
15 August 2016
Executive Director of the Nobel Peace Center to join WSG
Dr Liv Torres, Executive Director of Nobel Peace Center, has been appointed as a Visiting Adjunct Professor at WSG
12 August 2016
Message to white South African voters: Keep calm … and shut up!
We the South African voters have spoken in the local government election, and we said many different things.
02 August 2016
Electoral tremors are shaking South Africa’s ANC. How will it respond?
For the first time in the country's democratic era since 1994, the governing ANC has ceased being an untouchable...
23 June 2016
Flight of corporate profits poses biggest threat to South Africa’s economy
Foreign corporations are drawing away profits far faster than they are reinvesting or than local firms bring home...
16 May 2016
Protests surge as gap widens between reality and the ‘Africa rising’ narrative
Self-congratulatory rhetoric keeps springing from the lips of World Economic Forum elites at the expense of reality.
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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
