FREE ONLINE EVENT hosted by University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa - "I Just Want to Survive": A comparative study of food courier riders in three African cities

Title of online event: 

"I Just Want to Survive": A comparative study of food courier riders in three African cities 

 

Speakers: 

Prof Edward Webster and Fikile Masikane  

 

Hosted by: 

Southern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS), University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and supported by Friederich Ebert Stiftung, South Africa (FES-SA) 

 

When:     

Thursday, 24 March 2022  

 

Venue:     

Online Event  

 

Start time:     

16:00 (South African Time)  

 

Cost:     

Free but registration is required  

 

For more information: 

https://www.wits.ac.za/scis/events/event-items/i-just-want-to-survive--a-comparative-study-of-food-courier-riders-in-three-african-cities.html  

 

South African universities are training their gaze on the United States. Why it matters [The Conversation, March 2022]

Title:

South African universities are training their gaze on the United States. Why it matters

 

Authors:

Tawana Kupe 

Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University, University of Pretoria  

&

Christopher Isike 

Professor of African Politics and International Relations, University of Pretoria

 

Published:

The Conversation, 17 March 2022

https://theconversation.com/south-african-universities-are-training-their-gaze-on-the-united-states-why-it-matters-178829

 

From the article:

Three academic institutions in Africa have established units dedicated to the study of the United States. They are University of the Witwatersrand’s African Centre for the Study of the United States, the American Language Centre in Morocco, and most recently, the University of Pretoria’s African Centre for the Study of the United States. University of Pretoria Principal Tawana Kupe and Christopher Isike, the new Centre’s Director, explain why Africans need a better understanding of America.

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa - Anticipating a 'second wave' - Covid-19: When and how South Africa should try to prevent or mitigate it

Title:

Anticipating a 'second wave'

 

Published:

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 October 2020

https://www.wits.ac.za/covid19/covid19-news/latest/anticipating-a-second-wave.html

 

From the article:

 In South Africa, the possibility of such a resurgence has seemingly justified the extension of the powers of the National Covid-19 Command Council (NCCC), under the legal framework of the National Disaster Management Act.  

 

While this appears consistent with the country’s strategy, it is unwise to simply extrapolate outcomes from the current resurgences in Europe and apply them to South Africa, more so given the extra-parliamentary posture of the NCCC and concern over the lack of transparency in its decision-making process.

Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa - Master of Management in the field of Energy Leadership programme

Wits Business School launched the African Energy Leadership Centre (AELC) in 2017, the first of its kind in Africa. The AELC aims to address the issues of energy shortages in Africa as well as the skills deficit in an industry.

 

Programme:

Master of Management in the field of Energy Leadership

Duration:

12 - 18 months - Modular Format

Qualification:

Masters

Study mode:

Full Time

 

For more information:

https://www.wbs.ac.za/academic-programmes/masters-of-management/mm-in-the-field-of-energy-leadership/

 

Tweet re 2020 applications:

https://twitter.com/witsbschool/status/1310874507599589376