{"id":55938,"date":"2023-08-24T09:01:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T07:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/launch-of-cahau-a-home-away-from-home-for-campus-living-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T09:27:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T07:27:55","slug":"ems-second-public-lecture-series-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/ems-second-public-lecture-series-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"EMS Second Public Lecture Series 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The School of Economic and Management Sciences invites you to its second lecture of the EMS Public Lecture Series 2023.<\/p>

The Public Lecture will take place as follows:<\/u><\/p>

Topic<\/strong>: Democracy and Governance in South Africa Part II.<\/p>

Date<\/strong>: 30 August 2023<\/p>

Time<\/strong>: 13h00-14h30<\/p>

Venue: Library Auditorium or join online here<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Presenter<\/strong>: Professor Sipho Seepe, Higher Education Consultant.<\/p>

Talk Summary<\/u><\/p>

In modern civilization, trusted, transparent and accessible democratic institutions at national, regional, and local level are considered preconditions for creating democratically secure societies. Democracy and governance reinforce each other and are essential for preventing conflicts, promoting stability, managing crises, facilitating economic and social progress, and creating the conditions conducive to sustainable respect for human rights and the rule of law. This upcoming session is part II of the Democracy and Governance in South Africa public lecture remotely held in 2022.<\/p>

Speaker Bio<\/u><\/p>

Professor Sipho Seepe is a Higher Education Consultant. He was recently the Deputy Vice Chancellor: Institutional Support at the University of Zululand<\/span><\/a>. Professor Seepe is a physicist by training. He holds two master’s degrees, one in Physics from the University of the Witwatersrand<\/span><\/a> and the second one in Technology in Education from Harvard University<\/a><\/span>, Cambridge Massachusetts. He also holds a PhD from the University of the Northwest<\/span><\/a>. He is a recipient of several scholarships, the most prestigious being Harvard Fellowship and the Senior Research Fulbright Fellowship. Before returning to academia, he served as a Special Advisor in a number of ministries: Public Service and Administration, Human Settlement, Communications, and Defense and Military Veterans. Professor Seepe is a former Associate Political Editor and Columnist for the Mail & Guardian. He also had a stint as a Columnist for Business Day. He has written extensively on matters of public interests. His scholastic contribution includes the following publications:<\/p>

Seepe S (ed), 1998 Black perspective (s) on tertiary institutional transformation, Vivlia Publishers Johannesburg<\/p>

Seepe S., 2004 Speaking Truth to Power: Reflections on post 1994 South Africa, Vista University and Skotaville Media, Pretoria.<\/p>

Seepe S (ed) 2020, Tertiary Institutional Transformation in South Africa Revisited, Africa Century Editions Press, Cape Town<\/p>

Seepe S 2022 Unmasking the Politics of Mass Deception African Century Editions, Cape Town.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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