PsySSA Thanks Our 15 Divisions and Members Following the 2026 Divisional AGMs

by PsySSA Web Admin | Sep 4, 2026 | Divisions

PsySSA Thanks Our 15 Divisions and Members Following the 2026 Divisional AGMs

The Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) extends its appreciation to our 15 Divisions and their members following the conclusion of the 2026 Divisional Annual General Meetings.

The Divisional AGMs provide an important opportunity for members to engage with the work of their Divisions, reflect on activities and priorities, and contribute to discussions that support the continued development of psychology across its diverse fields of practice, research, education and training.

PsySSA thanks all members who attended and participated in the AGMs. Your engagement strengthens the work of our Divisions and contributes to an active and connected professional community.

We also acknowledge our Divisional Executive Committees for their leadership, service and commitment throughout the year. Their contribution is central to coordinating divisional activities, supporting members and advancing the work of PsySSA across the discipline and profession.

PsySSA’s 15 Divisions reflect the breadth and diversity of psychology and provide important spaces for professional connection, knowledge exchange, development and collective action.

Thank you to our Divisions, Executive Committees and members for your continued participation, service and contribution to PsySSA and psychology in South Africa.

Meet the Volunteers: PsySSA Congress 2026

by PsySSA Web Admin | Sep 4, 2026 | Annual Psychology Congress 2026, Events and Announcements, Student Division (SD)

Meet the Volunteers | PsySSA Congress 2026

As we count down to the PsySSA 30th Annual Psychology Congress, we are pleased to introduce the volunteers who will be supporting this year’s Congress.

Our volunteers will play an important role throughout the three days, welcoming delegates, supporting sessions and activities, and assisting with the running of the Congress.

Their participation provides an opportunity to contribute, learn, connect and experience Congress from behind the scenes.

PsySSA thanks each volunteer for giving their time, energy and commitment to PsySSA Congress 2026.

We also thank the PsySSA Student Division for supporting and coordinating the Congress Volunteer Programme.

We look forward to welcoming our volunteers and delegates to Johannesburg this October.

PsySSA 30th Annual Psychology Congress
13 to 15 October 2026
Emperors Palace, Johannesburg

Psychology in Transition: Humanity, Technology, and the Future of Care

Meet them at Congress!

#PsySSA2026

DPD Webinar: Beyond the Pretty White Affair: Training African-centring Psychologists for the Future

by PsySSA Web Admin | Sep 2, 2026 | Decolonising Psychology (DP), Events and Announcements, Psychology Events

Beyond the Pretty White Affair: Training Africa/n-centring Psychologists for the Future

The PsySSA Decolonising Psychology Division invites psychologists, social scientists, students and other interested colleagues to a CPD-accredited webinar with Associate Professor Sipho Dlamini, author of Beyond the Pretty White Affair: Training Africa/n-centring Psychologists for the Future.

Date: Monday, 21 September 2026
Time: 18:00–20:00
Format: Online
CPD: 2 General Points

About the Webinar

What would it mean to train psychologists who centre African realities, knowledge systems and lived experiences?

This webinar will critically engage with the Westernised foundations of psychology training in Africa and consider the need to reimagine how psychologists are educated, prepared and positioned to practise within African contexts. Drawing on the arguments developed in Beyond the Pretty White Affair, the conversation will examine the continued privileging of Euro-American epistemologies and the marginalisation of Black lifeworlds and African ways of knowing.

The discussion will explore key dimensions of professional psychology training, including selection, curriculum, racialised, gendered and classed dynamics, as well as broader questions about transformation within the profession. It will also consider the possibilities of an Africa/n-centring training paradigm that enables psychology to think, teach and practise in ways that meaningfully centre Africa and Africans.

Designed for psychologists and social scientists across disciplines, the webinar aims to stimulate critical reflection on the future of psychology training and practice in Africa and the pressing need to develop approaches that are responsive to the continent’s histories, contexts and communities.

Join the PsySSA Decolonising Psychology Division for an important conversation on reimagining the training of psychologists and advancing an Africa/n-centring psychology for the future.

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Presenters:

Prof Sipho Dlamini

Main Speaker

Sipho Dlamini is an Associate Professor at the University of Johannesburg’s Department of Psychology. He is also registered as a counselling psychologist. A/Prof. Dlamini serves on the board for the journal Psychology in Society as an associate editor, he is also an associate editor for the journal Frontiers in Education, under the section Psychology in Education. A/Prof. Dlamini has served as the deputy head of department at the University of Johannesburg’s Department of Psychology from 2022 to 2023. He has also served on the South African Association of Counselling Psychologists (SAACP), as an additional member, a vice-chair, and chair of the division. He was also on the executive of the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) as an additional member from 2020 to 2022. His research interests include the training of psychologists, the history and philosophy of psychology, community psychology, and critical race theories intersecting in the area of Africa(n)-centred psychologies. A/Prof. Dlamini is the authored and co-authored multiple journal articles and book chapters in these areas, including the book Beyond the Pretty White Affair: Training Africa-centering Psychologists for the Future, published by UNISA Press.

Dr Sibusiso Maseko

Facilitator

Dr. Sibusiso Maseko is a lecturer at the University of South Africa’s department of psychology. He earned his doctorate degree in Psychology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2023. Drawing on South Africa’s history of settler colonialism, his broad research agenda focuses on how White South Africans assert themselves as natives to maintain a sense of territorial entitlement. His current research examines how White South Africans mobilize autochthony and collective nostalgia to defend their ownership of settler colonial territory and to maintain racial inequality.

Ms Rejane Williams

Speaker- Chair of Decolonising Psychology Division

Siphelele Nguse

Respondent

Siphelele Nguse is a clinical psychologist and PhD candidate at Stellenbosch University. His practice and scholarly work intersects psychology and politics – primarily focusing on decolonial and critical psychology; health inequity, men and masculinity, and mental health literacy. He trained at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Fort Napier Hospital.

CEP Webinar: Nature, Anticapitalism, Psychology

by PsySSA Web Admin | Sep 2, 2026 | Climate, Environment and Psychology (CEP), Events and Announcements, Psychology Events

CEP Webinar: Nature, Anticapitalism, Psychology

The Climate, Environment and Psychology (CEP) Division of PsySSA invites you to a webinar presented by Prof Nick Malherbe, exploring the relationship between psychology, capitalism and ecological justice.

About the Webinar

Capitalism is driven by continual growth, production and consumption, with far-reaching consequences for the environment. Psychology, however, has often focused on individual behaviour in responding to environmental concerns, with less attention given to the structural forces that contribute to ecological destruction.

Nature, Anticapitalism, Psychology invites a critical examination of this relationship. The webinar will consider how psychology might contribute to anticapitalist struggles for ecological justice and what it means to align psychological praxis with the psycho-political demands of these struggles. It will also explore when ecological justice may require us to think and act beyond the conventional boundaries of psychology.

Webinar Details

Date: 22 September 2026
Time: 18:00–19:00 (SAST)
Platform: Microsoft Teams
Hosted by: PsySSA Climate, Environment and Psychology Division

Join the Webinar on Microsoft Teams

Meeting ID: 361 294 116 879 660
Passcode: gy7y2RT6

Join us for a critical conversation on psychology, environmental harm and the possibilities for advancing ecological justice.

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Presenters:

Prof. Nickolas Malherbe

Presenter

Prof Malherbe is researcher at the Institute for Social and Health Sciences, University of South Africa, and is affiliated with the South African Medical Research Council-University of South Africa Violence, Injury and Social Asymmetries Research Unit. He works with social movement actors, cultural workers, and young people. His research interests include violence, discourse, and community praxis.

Call for Applications: Editor, Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

by PsySSA Web Admin | Sep 1, 2026 | Job Listings

Call for Applications: Editor, Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

The Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence (APA Division 48: Peace Psychology) invites applications for the editorship of Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. The successful candidate will begin their term in January 2027.

Published by the American Psychological Association, Peace and Conflict is an international journal advancing scholarship on peace, conflict, and their intersections across interpersonal, community, regional, national, and international contexts. It publishes empirical work relevant to researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and educators in peace psychology and related disciplines.

A valuable opportunity for South African scholars

PsySSA encourages suitably qualified South African psychologists, academics, scholar-practitioners, and particularly PsySSA members to consider applying for this international editorial leadership opportunity.

The call has particular relevance to the South African and broader Global South psychology community. The Search Committee is interested in candidates who engage with Global South perspectives, critical methodologies, activist scholarship, decolonial approaches, epistemic justice, cultural competence, intersectionality, and methodological diversity.

Who are they looking for?

Candidates should have established scholarly and editorial experience, including writing and editing expertise and experience in journal or book editing, peer review, or managing editorial processes. Applicants should also demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively and constructively with associate editors, editorial board members, authors, and reviewers while maintaining the integrity of the peer-review process.

The incoming editor will benefit from a transition period with the current editor, support from associate editors, editorial assistance, and a modest stipend.

How to apply

Applications should include:

A current full CV, including a list of publications.
A letter outlining the applicant’s guiding philosophy and vision for the journal, including its future in digital publishing; approach to ensuring diverse and critical scholarship; experience engaging practitioners, peacebuilders, and activist scholars; experience with impacted communities; and relevant editorial experience.

Applications should be submitted to Dr Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu, Chair of the Search Committee, with the subject line:

“PAC Editor Search: Applicant name”

Application deadline: 15 September 2026

Interested members are encouraged to consider applying and to share this opportunity with suitably qualified colleagues and scholar-practitioners within their networks.

PsySSA is pleased to share this international opportunity and encourages strong representation from South Africa and the Global South in spaces of scholarly and editorial leadership.

Click Here for Full Application

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