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Why southern Africa’s interior is an ideal place to generate solar energy
Hartmut Winkler, a Professor of Physics at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), recently penned an opinion piece published on The Conversation, 09 June 2021. Southern Africa is popularly associated with sunshine. Does that make the region exceptionall … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: June 10, 2021
UJ climbs in the latest QS World University Rankings – now among the global Top 500, and only SA university with an upward trajectory
The University of Johannesburg (UJ)’s global standing and academic robustness has been recognised, with the University achieving yet another upward trajectory in the latest 2022 edition of the QS World University Rankings, released on Tuesday, 08 June … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: June 9, 2021
Namibia: Beware the new scramble for Africa under the guise of reparations for colonial atrocities, warns UJ’s Dr David Monyae
Dr David Monyae, the Co-Director of the University Of Johannesburg (UJ) Confucius Institute (UJCI), penned an opinion article published on the Daily Maverick, 07 June 2021. Is the German government’s apology to Namibia’s Herero and Nama people for the … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: June 9, 2021
Wholesale and Retail Leadership Chair awarded to UJ’s Dr Beate Stiehler-Mulder
The Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&RSETA) has announced that its third Wholesale and Retail Leadership Chair (W&RLC) has been awarded to the University of Johannesburg ( UJ). The aim of the Retail Chair is to p … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: June 9, 2021
UJ secures SETA grant to advance the improvement of audit outcomes in the TVET colleges
The Education, Training and Development (ETD) sector SETA and the Financial Services SETA have awarded the School of Accounting within the College of Business and Economics (CBE) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), with a grant worth R11 million t … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: June 8, 2021
UJ’s Prof Winkler examines the link between sexuality, pleasure and religion
The mind is naturally after pleasure, or so it is generally assumed; but the pursuit of pleasure must be restrained by the demands of reality. Happiness, we think, consists in being well-adapted to reality, it consists in being well-adjusted. We must … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: June 4, 2021
Vice-Chancellor Message – 04 June 2021
Dear UJ Community In recent days, a combination of factors seemed to contrive to remind us that “now is the winter of our discontent”, as William Shakespeare would have put it. Indeed, we are in the grip of the “wrathful nipping cold”. With the cold sn … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: June 4, 2021
Climate change ambitions are being undermined by foreign direct investment disputes, say UJ law scholars
Dr Jenny Hall a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), together with Louis Koen, assistant lecturer and UJ PhD candidate recently penned an opinion piece published on The Conversation, 01 June 2021. Foreign direct … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: June 3, 2021
UJ’s Dr Bhaso Ndzendze named one of the youngest Political Science HODs in SA
Political Scientist Dr Bhaso Ndzendze has been named the new head of department (HOD) within the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), effective from 01 June 2021. Dr Ndzendze, who is also a senior l … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: June 2, 2021
Using evolutionary algorithms to solve complicated optimisation problems- UJ’s Prof Yanxia Sun
The field of evolutionary algorithms yields various theoretical approaches that help search for global optima within complex environments. These environments are often highly multidimensional, nonlinear, noisy, and with many constraints. Yanxia Sun is … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: June 2, 2021