Pictured from left are: Laura Santini, US Embassy; Prof Theo Neethling, Department of Political Studies and Governance; Dr Dale Lawton, US Embassy; and Prof Hussein Solomon, Department of Political Studies and Governance.
The Department of Political Studies and Governance recently hosted two American diplomats from the American Embassy in Pretoria for a seminar on the upcoming US presidential elections in November.
The two diplomats were Dr Dale Lawton and Laura Santini. Dr Lawton is the Foreign Service Officer in the Political Section at the US Embassy and his presentation was titled Democracy in Action: Electing the US President. Laura, the Deputy Press Officer at the US Embassy, spoke about media coverage of the US elections.
– Prof Theo Neethling