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On 16 April 2020, CACS staged a ZOOM seminar’ titled ‘How is COVID-19 affecting Africa? Economic Futures and the Role of Development Finance’. The speakers were Hannah Ryder, CEO of Development Reimagined, and Admassu Tadesse, President and CEO of the Trade and Development Bank. The event was chaired by Prof Saurabh Sinha, UJ Deputy Vice-Chancellor:…
CACS seminar on Russia-Africa relations
Exactly a year after its launch, the CACS hosted a public seminar on ‘Russia-Africa Relations in the 21st Century: Renewed Focus and Engagement’, with H.E. Mr Ilya Igorevich Rogachev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to South Africa and Lesotho, as the main speaker. The discussant was Dr Essop Pahad, former minister in the South African…
Webinar on Nelson Mandela’s Soccer Diplomacy
On 12 July 2020, CACS and the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA), in collaboration with the UJ Library, hosted a zoom webinar on ‘Nelson Mandela’s Soccer Diplomacy’. The keynote speaker was the Hon. Mr. Nathi Mthethwa, Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture. The other speakers were Dr Danny Jordaan, President of the South African Football…

CACS co-hosts Chris Hani Memorial Lecture
Dr Emmanuel Matambo, Research Director, CACS On 19 May 2022, the Centre for Africa-China Studies (CACS) hosted the annual Chris Hani Lecture, in collaboration with the Chris Hani Institute (CHI). It was a hybrid event, held in the Madibeng Building on the UJ campus, but also conducted online. This year’s lecture came 29 years after…

Launch of Pahad memoir
On Thursday 7 December 2023, the Centre for Africa-China Studies and Real African Publishers hosted the launch of ‘A Life Committed: A memoir’, by the late Dr Essop Pahad. Speakers: Ronnie Kasrils, former Minister for Intelligence Services, former member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC), and former member of…
Minister calls for unity in addressing African challenges
On Saturday 30 May 2020, the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA) and CACS, in collabortion with the UJ LIbrary, hosted a virtual summit on South Africa’s foreign policy amid the coronavirus pandemic which was broadcast live by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The summit also served as a platform for launching the IFA. The…