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On October 8, 2025, the University of Johannesburg (UJ)’s School of Economics marked a significant academic milestone with the graduation of Dr. Keoagile Kobedi, the second recipient of the PhD in Economics with a specialisation in Local Economic Development (LED). This specialised doctoral programme, conceptualised...
Read articleAs South Africa celebrates Women’s Month, Professor Talita Greyling from the University of Johannesburg ’s School of Economics is recognised as a trailblazer in well-being economics. Initially drawn to economics by her passion for data analysis, mathematics, and statistics, Prof Greyling shifted her focus to well-be...
Read articleThe Professorial Inauguration of Professor Franck Adekambi took place on Wednesday 18 July 2023 at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Ubuntu Chambers at the Auckland Park Kingsway Campus. Professor Adekambi, a Full Professor of Actuarial Science at the university’s School of Economics presented his inaugural profes...
Read articleDr Abieyuwa Ohonba, a Senior Lecturer from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) School of Economics , was invited and participated in the expert group meeting by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) group meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 19-21 June 2023. The meeting brought together policy sp...
Read articleIn November 2020, the Water Research Commission (WRC) launched a Water Graduate Employment Programme (WaterGEP) funded by the WRC and the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) to provide workplace exposure for 400 graduates. Due to the overwhelming success of the Phase 1 of the WaterGEP, the WRC launched a seco...
Read articleIn the extremely imbalanced South African economic landscape that has the affluent and the marginalised living side by side the Water Research Commission (WRC), commissioned the Public and Environmental Economics Research Centre (PEERC) to research the classification system which differentiated water users for prici...
Read articleIn Zimbabwe, it’s mainly women who collect and use fuelwood. The more women cut down trees for household energy needs, the longer it takes to find and fetch wood. Women are thus trapped in a cycle of increasing labour and environmental degradation. National policy has responded to this by giving environmental protec...
Read articlePublished in Daily Maverick on 2 June 2022 Image : Mining operations at Anglo American's Isibonelo Colliery. (Photo: Phillip Mostert / Anglo American) A mining cadastre provides information and data including geological data, mining jurisdictions, the issuance of mining permits, expiry dates on already-issued licenc...
Read articleProfessorial Inauguration: Professor Kevin Nell The unorthodox approach to explain the economic performance of countries, especially in the context of developing economies was central to the Professorial Inaugural address of Professor Kevin Nell. According to Prof Nell, a professor of economics at the School of Econ...
Read articleProf Peter Baur takes a closer look at the 2022 Budget Speech There is pronounced recognition of the devastating situation regarding the South African economy. Recognising that debt to GDP ratio is a serious concern, and costs South Africa a huge amount of money each year. At times when tax income is most needed, So...
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