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: Research and Internationalisation. For a video recording of the seminar, click on the link above.
On Monday 21 August 2023, the Centre for Africa-China Studies (CACS), in partnership with the UJ LIbrary, hosted a webinar titled: ‘BRICS Expansion?’ BACKGROUND A growing number of African, Asian and Latin American countries have expressed an interest in joining the BRICS bloc. Speculation is rife as to how many countries, if any, will join…
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…
On 8 June 2021, the CACS, in partnership with the Political Science Department at Stellenbosch University, presented a zoom seminar titled ‘From Bandung to BRICS: Health Diplomacy in the Developing World’. Background The BRICS Alliance has done little thus far to promote the interests of its members in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. In this timely…
Dr O’Brien Kaaba Ms Laura Miti Fumba Chama Ms Goitse Maswabi On Tuesday 31 August 2021, CACS, in collaboration with the UJ Library, hosted a Zoom webinar on ‘Zambia Before and After the August 12 Election: Analysis and Way Forward’. SPEAKERS Dr O’Brien Kaaba, lecturer in the School of Law of the University of Zambia…
On Monday 17 February 2020, CACS, in collaboration with the UJ Library, hosted a public seminar on ‘The Iran-US Crisis: Implications for Iran-SA Relations’. The main speaker was H.E. Mr Mohsen Movahhedi Ghomi, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to South Africa. It was chaired by Prof Suzy Graham of the Department of Politics…
Mr Alvin Botes Dr Wesley Seale Prof David Monyae Nontobeko Hlela ON Friday 9 December 2022, Higher Education Media Services, in partnership with the Centre for Africa-China Studies, hosted a panel discussion and seminar on ‘The new scramble for Africa: the implications for the continent’. PANELISTS: Alvin Botes, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation…
