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A major in Political Science enables you to join a broad range of interesting and practice-oriented post-graduate programmes, at this university, elsewhere in South Africa, and internationally. Political Science graduates go on to become, amongst others:

  • Managers in the private and public sector
  • Business entrepreneurs
  • Journalists and public relations specialists
  • Diplomats
  • Lawyers
  • Political analysts
  • Organisers and activists in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and social movements
  • Officials of international organizations such as the United Nations
  • Consultants
  • Aid and relief workers for international bodies
  • Managers of political and other public campaigns
  • Researchers on national and international public affairs
  • Negotiators
  • Peace builders
  • Military and security specialists
  • International election monitors
  • Political advisors
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Below are some websites of various public and private sector institutions that work in the field of Political Science / International Relations:

Institute for Security Studies: http://issafrica.org
South African Insititute of International Affairs: http://www.saiia.org.za/
Department of International Relations and Cooperation (RSA): http://www.dfa.gov.za/employment/index.html
The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD): http://www.accord.org.za/
Institute for Global Dialogue: http://www.igd.org.za/
Institute for Justice and Reconciliation: http://www.ijr.org.za/
Africa Institute: http://www.ai.org.za/
Centre for Conflict Resolution: http://www.ccr.uct.ac.za/index.php?id=122
Doctors without Borders: http://www.msf.org.za
UN agencies in South Africa: http://www.un.org.za
South African NGO portal: http://www.ngopulse.org/group/home-page/vacancies
Frontier Advisory: http://www.frontieradvisory.com/
Foreign Policy Association Job Board: http://www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact.htm
UN Jobs: https://jobs.un.org
World Aware: https://www.worldaware.com/
S-RM: https://www.s-rminform.com/
Control Risks: https://www.controlrisks.com/
Eurasia Group: https://www.eurasiagroup.net/
Signal Risk: https://www.signalrisk.com/
African Economics: https://www.africaneconomics.com/