The politics of history, memory, and the archive were recently revisited in a seminar that explored the long-overlooked history of Orlando Stadium in Soweto – a space of profound cultural and political significance in South Africa’s Black urban history.
With the ethical conduct of public servants and the credibility of government institutions under increasing scrutiny, public administration faces pressing questions about its role in shaping governance and society.
Following the thriller documentary titled “Mathonga Elizwe – Spirits of the Land, Dr Mnqobi Ngubane, senior lecturer in Sociology & Anthropology, recently launched the screening of The Lesotho Land Question.
Nelson Mandela University’s recent summer graduation ceremony marked a watershed moment for Ugandan-born graduand, Arumadri Bako, who joined the select few to hold both a doctorate and a medical degree after completing her PhD and MBChB programmes simultaneously.
Executive Mayor Samkelo Janda of the Mbhashe Local Municipality in the Amathole district – which extends from the Great Kei River to Coffee Bay - has been conferred with a doctorate in public administration and management from Nelson Mandela University.
Dr Qhama Noveve’s doctoral research explored how neoliberal governance intersects with goals for gender transformation, showing how institutional rules, discourses, and everyday practices shape possibilities for change in higher education.
Black Consciousness (BC), one of South Africa’s foremost political philosophies pioneered by Steve Biko, came under close examination in Mandela University graduate Dr Mpho Tsedu’s doctoral thesis.
South Africans celebrate Freedom Day amidst fierce debates about what living in a free country has all meant given persistent poverty, inequality, unemployment and violent crime among other things, this year.
With up to 80% of South Africans choosing indigenous healers and plants over mainstream medicine, local health knowledge is a rich resource that fills a critical gap in the country’s overstretched healthcare system.