The Future of Diplomacy 15h00 – 17h15 22 March 2023 Register here Share this post: Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on whatsapp Share on email Upcoming events: View all Host Co-Host Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) Venue Online via Zoom Additional information Watch video Memo Find out more …
Trends of Elections and Democratic Consolidation in Africa Read More »
Co-authored by Dr Adeoye O. Akinola, Head of Research and Teaching at the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) On 25 February, Nigeria will head to the polls to elect its president. The main candidates: Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, will represent the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the opposition Peoples Democratic …
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Nigeria faces many internal and external challenges, including insecurity, corruption, high levels of unemployment and declining influence in international affairs. The incoming president will have to grapple with the uphill task of strengthening democracy and enhancing the country’s international stature. READ MORE HERE
The Future of Diplomacy 17h00 – 18h45 16 February 2023 Register here The Future of Diplomacy Research Group, Institute for the Future of Knowledge (IFK) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in collaboration with the African Union Studies Unit at UJ’s Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) will hold a Panel Discussion: The 2023 …
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Happiness, a 40-year-old immigrant woman, has worked as a domestic worker in South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg, for most of the 19 years she has been in the country. To escape abject poverty, in 2003 she left Zimbabwe without a passport, paying smugglers who bribed border police and who carried her across the crocodile-infested Limpopo …
The Future of Diplomacy 14:00 – 16:00 Wednesday 23 November 2022 Register here Abstract The nature of the future of knowledge will depend on our acceptance of diverse sources of insight and foresight. Yes, conventional sources such as academia, industry, media, global institutions and indigenous knowledge systems have the primacy of influence. However, novel 4IR …
In South Africa, immigrants are often scapegoated as the root of socio-economic problems. In the post-apartheid landscape, Black African immigrants, mainly, from other African countries have been negatively stereotyped as “illegal” and “job stealers” who are “criminal” as well as “diseased”. This attitudinal orientation of hostility against non-nationals in a given population is xenophobia. Read …
5 xenophobic myths about immigrants in South Africa debunked by researchers Read More »
The Future of Diplomacy 11:00 – 12:30 Wednesday 14 September 2022 Register here Immigrants are increasingly blamed for many of South Africa’s socio-economic problems. How true is this? The ISS/IFK report on Busting the Myths about Immigrants in South Africa is available at https://issafrica.org/research/southern-africa-report/scapegoating-in-south-africa-busting-the-myths-about-immigrants. Share this post: Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin …
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The Future of Diplomacy Monday 20 June 2022 Register here The Institute for the Future of Knowledge (IFK) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and UJ’s Johannesburg Business School (JBS) will hold a Panel Discussion: Higher Education 4.0: Driver of Educational Reform or Intellectual Ruin? The 4th Industrial Revolution has brought with it many …
The Future of Diplomacy 17:00 – 19:00 Tuesday 24 May 2022 Register here The Future of Diplomacy Research Group, Institute for the Future of Knowledge at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and UJ’s Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation held a Panel Discussion: The Future of Africa-EU Relations. Africa Day is observed on 25 …
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