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Book discussion: Helen Zille’s new book on South Africa’s woke culture

21 July 2021 | Story Rulanzen Martin | Photo Charl Devenish

Helen Zille_web read more — Even after her premiership, Helen Zille has remained a powerful force within the South African political landscape. Here she is pictured during a workshop hosted by the Department of Political Science and Governance in February 2020.

We have all heard or seen the expression #StayWoke. It is a term with its origins in the United States, implying an awareness of social issues such as racial injustice and other societal issues. It is often seen as a left-wing political movement – and now a new book, #StayWoke, Go Broke: Why South Africa won’t survive America’s culture wars (and what you can do about it), by Helen Zille, Chairperson of the DA Federal Council, aims to explore how wokeness can be bad for South Africa.

Zille will be talking to Prof Hussein Solomon in the Department of Political Studies and Governance at the University of the Free State.

You can join this interesting discussion on:

Date: 29 July 2021

Time: 10:00-11:00

About the author:
Helen Zille is a South African journalist, activist, and politician who served as the national leader (2007-2015) of the Democratic Alliance (DA), the official opposition party in South Africa. She was also Premier of the Western Cape from 2009 until 2019. Zille’s autobiography, Not without a Fight, was published in 2016.

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International social sciences workshop held at the UFS

2010-08-19

From the left: Prof. Julia Littell, Bryn Mawr College; Prof. Frikkie Booysen, Department of Economics at the UFS; Prof. Terri Pigott, Loyola University; Moses Okumu, Centre for Development Support at the UFS; and Prof. André Dannhauser from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at the UFS.
Photo: Lize du Plessis

An international workshop entitled “Systematic reviews and Meta-analysis of the social sciences” was held in collaboration with the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and the New Frontiers on Sustainable Development Cluster at the University of the Free State (UFS).

The presenters, Proff. Julia Littell, from Bryn Mawr College, and Terri Piggot, from Loyola University in the United States of America (USA), discussed topics on the logic and methods of research synthesis, the summary of steps involved in the review process, problem formulation, data collection, data evaluation, data analysis and interpretation and development of protocols for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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