“South Africa is in a very asymmetrical position with regards to its neighbours, but this doesn’t need to be fatal. It can be managed if South Africa adopts a communitarian foreign policy and exercising strength by providing the public good of security without being too interventionist,” said the Visiting Nelson Mandela Professor International Relations, Prof Amitav Acharya, who recently shared his views on South Africa’s role in relation to other emerging powers.
Applying entirely of his own volition, Rhodes alumnus Luke Mann has been chosen to receive the prestigious Chevening scholarship to study in the UK. He has been accepted to study towards an MSc in Development Studies at the London School of Economics (LSE) in September this year.
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, politicians have been determined to step up regulation over that part of the financial sector some regard as the main driver of the "casino" economy. And it's this desire to regulate the derivative and hedge fund industries which has resulted in Zimbabwe-born attorney Michael Denenga becoming a sought-after adviser.
Rhodes University is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Oleg Smirnov who will assume the new prestigious SKA (Square Kilometre Array) Chair in Radio Astronomy Techniques & Technologies at the University.