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CEO Salga
01 August 2025

Leadership development within local government is compulsory - SALGA CEO

SALGA Chief Executive Officer, Mr Sithole Mbanga said at the core of professionalising local government is leadership...
DA Head of Policy - MAT
25 July 2025

The role of Corporate Affairs Executives in developing and implementing public policy

Public policy remains our primary tool to address pressing socioeconomic issues such as poverty, unemployment, and...
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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...
Hlengiwe
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...
President of South Africa
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...

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WATCH: Parliament failed to properly scrutinise NHI Act - Van den Heever

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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...
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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
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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
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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...