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The Home Office has rejected the visa application of one of our postgraduate students to attend AfricanStudiesUK. This was a fully funded trip, yet the visa was rejected because they determined they couldn’t be confident that our student wouldn’t leave the UK. Racist asshats

Up to 65% of women in Sudan may be suffering sexual violence, and 6.1 million Sudanese are at risk of mental health disorder, as a result of 16 months of devastating war, according to new report by World Vision. wvi.org/publications/r…

In "The Suicide Archive," Doyle D. Calhoun charts a long history of suicidal resistance to French colonialism and neocolonialism, from the time of slavery to the Algerian War for Independence to the “Arab Spring.” Read the intro now for free: ow.ly/XIe350T2mav

Rhodes University invites applications for the 2025 'Patrick and Margaret Flanagan Scholarship'. It is open to young South African women who wish to complete their postgraduate studies internationally. Details here: ru.ac.za/researchgatewa… Deadline: 31 Aug 2024

Our latest issue of Africa Spectrum is now published and available in full! All articles are open access so share them far and wide 📕🗣️

Public lecture next Wednesday 28 August, 12pm to 1.45pm. What does MK’s success in KwaZulu-Natal tell us about the party and voter sentiments? Michael Braun, University of the Witwatersrand. In person and online. Meeting link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…

We are very pleased to be able to report that the rejection of our students visa application has been reversed, and that our student will now be able to attend AfricanStudiesUK. We really appreciate Antony Phillipson intervening here. Hoping for a great conference

PALESTİNE in the Ottoman Archival Documents. Online Seminer tomorrow, 23 August 2024 - Friday Tomorrow at 19:00pm

Should’ve tweeted about Canada denying visas to fully funded researchers attending PECS last week, though I doubt it would’ve helped 😭

Starting in an hour (online meeting link below)

I recently sat down with Gwinyai Regis Taruvinga Please see the interview below. Dr Gwinyai Taruvinga on immigration, democracy, Africa elections, opposi... youtu.be/KxE_b-LnPA4?si… via YouTube Wits Politics WiSER Wits School of Gov Wits HGC

Such a pleasure. It was so wonderful to meet and engage ✨

The National Minimum Wage Commission invites submission on the level of the wage for 2025 See: labour.gov.za/DocumentCenter…

Today, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies will be launching our Working Paper: "Towards a Gender-Just Transition: Principles and Perspectives from the Global South."If you're passionate about climate inequality and gender justice, join us this afternoon.🔗 Register now: bit.ly/3WW0U32

We are always looking for exciting work, especially by authors in/of the global South, to feature in this book series. So, feel free to get in touch with me or Nicky!

#WitsParade2024 | Witsies fill the vibrant streets of Braamfontein, celebrating everything that makes Wits extraordinary. #WitsForGood #WitsDay

Masa Kekana @ I discussing political party funding in #SouthAfrica Big problem about to get worse Newzroom Afrika Wits_News Wits Politics Politics and International Studies Cambridge youtu.be/6z1qlEAUfrA?si…

The R87.5 million Wits AngloGold Ashanti Legacy Scholarship Endowment will provide comprehensive funding and support to about 200 eligible students from disadvantaged and rural families linked to the mining industry. The first 68 students will begin their studies in 2024,

Public lecture: Constructing Modern Slavery: Law, Capitalism and Unfree Labour Judy Fudge, McMaster University. 16 September, 12pm to 1.45pm, Wits Anthropology Museum and Online   For inquiries contact [email protected] Meeting Link: lnkd.in/d9WsGbBc