The University of Johannesburg, one of the largest, multi-campus, residential universities in South Africa, seeks to achieve the highest distinction in scholarship and research. Born from the merger between the former Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), the Technikon Witwatersrand (TWR) and the Soweto and the East Rand campuses of Vista University in 2005, the University of Johannesburg fosters ideas that are rooted in African epistemology, but also addresses the needs of South African society and the African continent as it is committed to contribute to sustainable growth and development.
The best sort of life would include both happiness and meaningfulness. Although one sometimes has to choose between these two values, one ought to strive for a life in which there’s plenty of both.
Manifestations antigouvernementales à Pretoria début avril 2017.
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Kenya’s progressive 2010 Constitution brought improved women’s representation in Parliament and public life. But historical prejudices remain, always more intensely apparent during elections.
South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, desperately needs a tariff hike.
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Protests in South Africa are about more than just service delivery of basic services such as water and electricity. They reflect a wider crisis about the failure to build a more equitable society.
Enrolling children in in pre-school is essential for their development.
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Child support grants are an income resource that enables caregivers to make healthier food choices and provide the means to send their children to school earlier.
For the decolonisation of knowledge to be successful, it must be driven by critical thinking.
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Phrases like “knowledge production” conceal the fact that knowledge answers to something beyond itself and beyond us. To produce knowledge is to find out about something.
Eskom CEO Brian Molefe addressing the media.
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A closer look at the supposed successes of Brian Molefe at South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, shows that they are not what they have been made out to be. They are paper thin.
Energy Minister Mmamoloko Nkhensani Kubayi (R) being sworn in.
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The South African government is not giving up on its push for a controversial nuclear power plan. But it’s chances of succeeding have been greatly reduced.
South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s apology for Marikana has ignited controversy.
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South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s apology for his role in the 2012 Marikana massacre has no credibility, as there wasn’t full disclosure.
In Maboneng, bikes and bistros abound. In adjacent inner-city Johannesburg, people struggle to survive.
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The need to connect African markets to aid development will once again be discussed at the World Economic Forum. The debate needs to move beyond the usual rhetoric.
Recent protests against President Jacob Zuma outside parliament in Cape Town.
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Accra and Johannesburg have some way to go before making it onto anyone’s top 20. Both cities have a desperate gap between rich and poor but inequality is not a uniquely African problem.
The face and character of protests in South Africa seems to be changing.
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Traditional economists cannot quantify or measure the effect of white male privilege in facilitating business dealings or obtaining employment in emerging market economies.
What has been lost in stating the case for South Africa’s credit rating is a tangible plan for strengthening governance and regulation of its state owned enterprises.