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ACMS in the Media: Curios.ty Issue 21 – #Trust
The 21st issue of Wits University’s research magazine, Curios.ty, is now available online. Themed #Trust, the invisible glue binding society, science, and technology, this issue features ACMS’ Professor Loren Landau and the Atlas of Uncertainty project. This issue interrogates shifting paradigms of faith, from AI as ‘confidant’ to predatory child gaming, questionable corporate handshakes, South Africa’s municipalities, and the…
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WEBINAR: Exploring Local Governance Response to Contemporary Social Tensions
The recent wave of xenophobic mobilisation has tested the capacity of local government to respond, to protect, to mediate, and to rebuild trust. This panel, hosted by CPUT and the UWC School of Government in collaboration with SAAPAM Western Cape Chapter, brings together researchers and practitioners to examine how local governance is navigating contemporary social…
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VIDEO: Community Dialogue on Xenophobia recap
“Xenophobic discrimination is economical.” That was the message from Professor Loren Landau (SARChI in Mobility and the Politics of Difference at the African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits) at Thursday’s Community Dialogue on Xenophobia, hosted by the Siyafuna Sonke Action Campaign. Watch highlights from the conversation below: [Video Credit: Jaclyn Modise / ACMS]
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Op-Ed: A not-so-odd couple: AfriForum and March and March’s dangerous alliance
Two organisations that look like political opposites have joined in a marriage of convenience; AfriForum seeking a domestic image upgrade, and March and March learning how to legitimise and normalise anti-black discrimination. Dr. Rebecca Walker (ACMS, Wits University), Iriann Freemantle (ACMS), and Sharon Ekambaram (KAAX) unpack the alliance: “AfriForum organises around Afrikaner resistance, farm murders,…
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READ: Can cultural Pan-Africanism survive xenophobia?
When two-time Grammy-winning artist Tyla announced the African leg of her APOP world tour, Lagos was among the stops. Nigerian excitement quickly turned into calls for a boycott, because Tyla is South African. For some Nigerians, artists from a country where xenophobic violence has shaken major cities shouldn’t be welcome. Professor Loren Landau SARChI in…
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WATCH: SADC tackles challenges affecting region
SADC tackles challenges affecting the region, but did migration get the attention it deserves? As the 46th SADC Summit concluded, discussions on migration were dominated by recent events in South Africa, with an apology offered to regional neighbours. Associate Professor Jo Vearey (Co-Director, African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University) reflects: “The ways in…
