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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20250917T123000
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SUMMARY:ACMS Seminar: Home and Away - An Analysis of Out of Country Voting in South African Elections
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Dr Catherine Musuva\nDate: Wednesday\, 17 September 2025\nTime: 12:30 – 13:45\nVenue: ACMS Seminar Room: Room 2163\, Solomon Mahlangu House (2nd floor)\, East Campus\, Wits University (directions)\nZoom link: https://wits-za.zoom.us/j/95786624514?pwd=53Oi1h6gHcWY2Q43O0p8ZqzOsOLZXp.1\nRegister: https://tinyurl.com/4zxkc7s8 \nAbstract:\nThis research examines the extent to which South Africans living abroad are interested in participating in homeland elections. South Africa has a relatively large emigrant population\, and non-resident citizens enjoy the right to vote in national elections. Yet\, electoral behaviour is largely studied through a domestic voter lens\, and the factors that influence emigrant political behaviour are not fully understood despite the growing interest of migration scholars and political scientists in external voting globally. A historical analysis of external voting data from the electoral commission of South Africa reveals that uptake is very low and opposition parties are the main beneficiaries of external votes. The research theorises on explanations for the data and contributes to broader debates on migrant agency\, citizenship and transnational political participation. \nAbout the researcher/presenter:\nDr Catherine Musuva is a senior researcher and postgraduate coordinator at the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS) at Wits. She is also a research fellow at the Centre for Research on Democracy (CREDO) at Stellenbosch University. Musuva holds a BA in International Relations\, an MA in Development Management\, an MPhil in Development Studies and a PhD in Political Science. Her research interests are broadly around democratic development and migration governance in Africa.
URL:https://migration.org.za/acms-event/acms-seminar-home-and-away-an-analysis-of-out-of-country-voting-in-south-african-elections/
LOCATION:ACMS Seminar Room 2163\, South East Wing\, Second Floor\, Solomon Mahlangu House\, University of the Witwatersrand East Campus
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20250825T100000
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SUMMARY:ACMS seminar: On the move — where does wellbeing fit?
DESCRIPTION:Date: Monday\, 25 August 2025\nTime: 10:00 – 11:30\nVenue: ACMS Seminar Room: Room 2163\, Solomon Mahlangu House (2nd floor)\, East Campus\, Wits University (directions)\nZoom link: https://wits-za.zoom.us/j/99337631783?pwd=gvLi3k7R74aLv3N9R2t4IY2NtMa4RP.1 \nMigration and mobility shape multiple dimensions of wellbeing\, from physical and mental health to social inclusion\, identity\, and access to rights. Yet\, wellbeing often remains a secondary consideration in policy and research on migration. This webinar explores how wellbeing fits into the lived realities of those on the move — highlighting the challenges they face\, the resilience they show\, and the policies and practices needed to support them. \nSPEAKERS\nMs Margaret Zulu – Project Manager\, Save the Children\, South Africa\nDr Mwelwa Phiri – Researcher\, Zambart\, Zambia\nDr Glynis Clacherty – Research Associate\, ACMS\, Wits University and Independent Consultant \nMODERATOR\nDr Langelihle Mlotshwa- Researcher\, ACMS\, Wits University
URL:https://migration.org.za/acms-event/acms-seminar-on-the-move-where-does-wellbeing-fit/
LOCATION:ACMS Seminar Room 2163\, South East Wing\, Second Floor\, Solomon Mahlangu House\, University of the Witwatersrand East Campus
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20250820T123000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20250820T134500
DTSTAMP:20260803T142931Z
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SUMMARY:ACMS Seminar: Managing the Transition - Adjusting Migration Policies to Respond to a World Undergoing Demographic Change
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Dr Andrew Selee\nDate: Wednesday\, 20 August 2025\nTime: 12:30 – 13:45\nVenue: ACMS Seminar Room: Room 2163\, Solomon Mahlangu House (2nd floor)\, East Campus\, Wits University (directions)\nZoom link: https://wits-za.zoom.us/j/95786624514?pwd=53Oi1h6gHcWY2Q43O0p8ZqzOsOLZXp.1\nRegister: https://tinyurl.com/4zxkc7s8 \nAbstract:\nThe world is undergoing rapid demographic change\, with most upper and upper-middle-income countries dropping below replacement level fertility and many middle-income countries following close behind. As populations shrink in these countries\, immigration will become one of the few ways that countries maintain a robust labor force and ensure fiscal solvency\, even taking into account productivity gains and changes in workforce needs brought about by technological innovation. And African countries will almost certainly be the source of most of the migrants that are willing to move to these rapidly aging societies. \nHowever\, this transition is likely to be less than smooth\, with increased migration also leading to significant push-back within destination countries and to calls both for greater border controls. As a result\, managing this transition effectively will require building legal pathways proactively\, adjusting the pace of change thoughtfully\, and ensuring the credibility of immigration systems to facilitate mobility. It will also require rethinking narratives of national identity in destination societies\, while ensuring that emigration from source countries\, largely in Africa\, can lead to long-term growth and development through proactive investments in human capital. \nAnd while this may initially seem to be a challenge just for the highly developed economies of Europe\, North America\, and East Asia\, it will quickly become relevant in South Africa and significant parts of Latin America\, the Caribbean\, and Southeast Asia. \nAbout the researcher/presenter:\nDr Andrew Selee is president of the Migration Policy Institute\, a non-partisan\, independent think tank based in Washington\, DC and Brussels\, which focuses on data\, analysis\, and prospective ideas for migration policy. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University\, both in the School of Foreign Service and in the School of Public Policy. Previously he was the Executive Vice President of the Woodrow Wilson Center. \nDr Selee is the author and co-author of several books\, including On the Move: Migration Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean (Stanford University Press\, 2025)\, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together (PublicAffairs\, 2018)\, and What Should Think Tanks Do? A Strategic Guide to Policy Impact (Stanford University Press\, 2013). His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal\, New York Times\, Foreign Affairs\, and Foreign Policy\, among other publications. He holds a PhD in Policy Studies from the University of Maryland and was named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow in 2017-18.
URL:https://migration.org.za/acms-event/acms-seminar-managing-the-transition-adjusting-migration-policies-to-respond-to-a-world-undergoing-demographic-change/
LOCATION:ACMS Seminar Room 2163\, South East Wing\, Second Floor\, Solomon Mahlangu House\, University of the Witwatersrand East Campus
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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SUMMARY:ACMS Seminar: Queering Sex work and Mobility in South Africa
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Ntokozo Yingwana\nDate: Wednesday\, 6 August 2025\nTime: 12:30 – 13:45\nVenue: ACMS Seminar Room: Room 2163\, Solomon Mahlangu House (2nd floor)\, East Campus\, Wits University (directions)\nZoom link: https://wits-za.zoom.us/j/95786624514?pwd=53Oi1h6gHcWY2Q43O0p8ZqzOsOLZXp.1\nRegister: https://tinyurl.com/4zxkc7s8 \nAbstract:\nDrawing from a doctoral thesis with a similar title\, this paper explores the intersections of sex work\, mobility\, migration and gendered sexualities through a queer lens. The study informing it made use of digital storytelling and WhatsApp to engage 17 migrant and mobile sex workers in South Africa\, during 2019 and 2020. Through a queering of sex work\, migration and mobility analysis we learn that because sex work is essentially about using one’s body to perform varying sexual acts with different types of people for financial gain\, a migrant/mobile sex worker is exposed to different ways of experiencing sexual (dis)pleasure. According to the research participants this can then broaden the body’s erotic vocabulary and expand one’s range of sexual desires\, along with their expressions; to the point whereby it can also have an influence on one’s gendered sexuality and choice of intimate partner. However\, the respondents also stressed the integral role movement plays in this evolution of one’s gendered sexuality. Hence\, this paper argues for the recognition of migrant/mobile sex work as intrinsically queer\, and concludes by unpacking the socio-political implications of this in relation to (sexual) citizenship. \nAbout the researcher:\nNtokozo Yingwana is a researcher and PhD candidate with the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) at Wits University. She holds a Masters in Gender and Development from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex\, and an Honours in Gender and Transformation from the African Gender Institute (AGI) at the University of Cape Town. Prior to that she earned a Bachelor of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University. Yingwana has nearly two decades of experience in sex worker rights’ scholar-activism in Africa.
URL:https://migration.org.za/acms-event/acms-seminar-queering-sex-work-and-mobility-in-south-africa/
LOCATION:ACMS Seminar Room 2163\, South East Wing\, Second Floor\, Solomon Mahlangu House\, University of the Witwatersrand East Campus
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20250723T123000
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SUMMARY:ACMS Seminar: The ‘Oil and Water’ Dynamics of Migration Governance in West Africa: A Bottom-up Perspective in Niger
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Dr Balkissa Daouda Diallo\nDate: Wednesday\, 23 July 2025\nTime: 12:30 – 13:45\nVenue: ACMS Seminar Room: Room 2163\, Solomon Mahlangu House (2nd floor)\, East Campus\, Wits University (directions)\nZoom link: https://wits-za.zoom.us/j/95441930593\nRegister: https://tinyurl.com/4zxkc7s8 \nAbstract:\nStudies on migration governance in the context of African so-called migrants sending countries are often influenced by European narratives. While this discourse informs migration policy in these countries\, it overshadows existing local mechanisms that condition actors’ practices. Debates on this issue either point to the influence of the European Union (EU) on migration governance in Africa\, or to the agency of African states in aligning or ‘bargaining’ their policy goals with global agendas on migration. The present discussion uses a multi-level governance lens to examine the case of Niger’s management of ‘transit’ migration to Europe from 2015–2020. Its objective is to explore the influences multi-level actors had on this governance and its outcomes. In doing so\, it shows how higher-level processes seldom reflect lower-level realities where informality prevails often at the expense of migrants. These dynamics critically challenge conventional ideas of what is considered ‘legal’ or ‘illegal’ crossings in a context where borders are negotiated informally. \nAbout the researcher:\nDr Balkissa Daouda Diallo is a Postdoctoral Researcher affiliated with the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS). Her research is on African migrations and governance with a focus on informal and multi-level mechanisms. She holds a Ph.D. in Global Governance and Human Security and an M.A. in Conflict Resolution from the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston). She also holds an M.A. in International Development and an M.S. in Environmental Studies from Ohio University. She earned a B.A. in Political Science and History at the University of Ghana\, Legon. \n 
URL:https://migration.org.za/acms-event/acms-seminar-the-oil-and-water-dynamics-of-migration-governance-in-west-africa-a-bottom-up-perspective-in-niger/
LOCATION:ACMS Seminar Room 2163\, South East Wing\, Second Floor\, Solomon Mahlangu House\, University of the Witwatersrand East Campus
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20250312T122000
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SUMMARY:ACMS Seminar: 'From Deprivation to Mobilisation: Towards a Multideterminant Model of Xenophobic Violence in South Africa'
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Dr Jean Pierre Misago\nDate: 12 March 2025\nTime: 12.20 – 13.30\nVenue: ACMS Seminar Room: Room 2163\, Solomon Mahlangu House (2nd floor)\, East Campus\, Wits University (directions)\nZoom: link\nPlease register: here \nAbstract:\nDrawing on extensive and comparative qualitative data from a nearly two-decade long and ongoing research\, this paper responds to inadequacies and limitations of current causal explanations for xenophobic violence in South Africa. It argues that existing explanations are inadequate as many lack empirical backing and others are incomplete due to their reductionist approach. To address these shortcomings\, this paper proposes an empirically based and theoretically informed multideterminant (explanatory) model\, which identifies and analyses the roles of – and interconnections between – six key determinants namely: i) socio-economic and political deprivation\, ii) xenophobic beliefs\, iii) collective discontent\, iv) political economy\, v) mobilization\, and vi) governance. The paper argues that i) these determinants and their interconnections in a value-added process constitute the necessary and sufficient conditions for the occurrence of xenophobic violence\, and ii) this multideterminant model consequently provides an adequate and comprehensive explanation of the xenophobic violence in South Africa. \nBio:\nDr Jean Pierre Misago is a Senior Researcher at the Africa Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) at Wits University. His research interests include migration\, identity and belonging; xenophobia and related violence; as well as migration governance at different levels but particularly at local government and community level (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6964-3926). \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://migration.org.za/acms-event/acms-seminar-from-deprivation-to-mobilisation-towards-a-multideterminant-model-of-xenophobic-violence-in-south-africa/
LOCATION:ACMS Seminar Room 2163\, South East Wing\, Second Floor\, Solomon Mahlangu House\, University of the Witwatersrand East Campus
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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