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10 January 2018

South Africans are trying to decode Ramaphosa

What matters is that Cyril Ramaphosa is a politician and a negotiator. Nimble and tactically shrewd seem perhaps more...
Inaugural Lecture Professor Patrick Bond
30 November 2017

Inaugural Lecture: Professor Patrick Bond

Patrick Bond, Distinguished Professor of Political Economy delivered his Inaugural Lecture.
02 October 2017

Asian tigers earn SME stripes while SA policies make only fat cats purr

Black economic empowerment policies have enriched a minority and failed to create growth.
01 August 2017

Radical economic transformation: What’s in a name?

How far South Africa has moved in altering the economic landscape is open to debate?
WSG joins experts to address global challenges
31 July 2017

WSG joins experts to address global challenges

The WSG was part of a team that won a grant from the Global Challenges Research Fund.
03 July 2017

Report: Civil society perspectives on AU member state commitmentsto democratic governance

The report explores civil society organisations; judgements about the extent to which some African countries comply with...
Experienced practitioner revisits government communications
05 June 2017

Experienced practitioner revisits government communications course

Nomfanelo Kota, a veteran government communicator, has extensive experience in media liaison and communications.
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...

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