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SUMMARY:'The Borders of Transformation: The Continent and the South African University' colloquium
DESCRIPTION:This colloquium asks how universities in South Africa\, and the scholars and activists housed within them\, can respond to stormy political waters and to potentially competing visions of justice and transformation. \nDate: Thursday\, 4 September 2025\nTime: 13:00-17:00 (SAST)\nIn-person venue: Ground Floor\, Wartenweiler Library\, Wits University\nOnline: Link to be shared once RSVPed.\nRSVP: Lenore.Longwe@wits.ac.za\, stating whether you will attend in-person or online. \nDescription:\nThis colloquium considers competing and complementary approaches to race and nationality in South African higher education\, at a moment that marks ten years since the RhodesMustFall and FeesMustFall protests as well as being characterised by the increasing visibility and weaponisation of national and international xenophobia. It poses this question as a reflection not just on the Fallist movements\, but on a three-decade long history of contentious post-Apartheid efforts to align the country’s universities with broader commitments to equity and progressive social change. Current attacks on academic institutions represent them as sites of illicit patronage of apparently unqualified foreigners\, while foreign academics themselves navigate bureaucratic mazes and hostile atmospheres. What can these contradictions tell us about the processes of transformation and change that were meant to be invigorated by #RMF? The colloquium also considers future institutional trajectories in an era of resource scarcity\, persistent domestic and global inequality\, and rampant populist anti-intellectualism. At its heart\, it asks how universities\, and the scholars and activists housed within them\, can respond to stormy political waters and to potentially competing visions of justice and transformation. What might it mean to be an African university in South Africa\, and what will it take to realise that vision? \nSpeakers: Ahmed Veriava (Wits University)\, Srila Roy (Wits University)\, Mxolisi Makhubo (University of Johannesburg)\, Fikile Masikane (University of Pretoria)\, William Mpofu (Wits University)\, Samia Chasi (Wits University) and Salim Vally (University of Johannesburg). \nOrganisers: A collaboration between the Wits Internationalization and Strategic Partnerships Office\, the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies\, the Wits-Oxford Mobility Governance Lab\, the NRF-DST SARChI Chair in Mobility and the Politics of Difference\, and the NRF-DST SARChI Chair in Critical Diversity Studies. \n \n 
URL:https://migration.org.za/acms-event/the-borders-of-transformation-the-continent-and-the-south-african-university-colloquium/
LOCATION:Ground Floor\, Wartenweiler Library\, Wits University
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250905
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SUMMARY:AUDIO SLIDE: 'Demographic Change and Migration Policy' seminar presentation
DESCRIPTION:As part of the ACMS Public Seminar Series\, Dr Andrew Selee recently (20 August 2025) presented on ‘Demographic Change and Migration Policy.’ Dr Selee is the president of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI)\, a non-partisan\, independent think tank\, which focuses on data\, analysis\, and prospective ideas for migration policy. \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 labour 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. However\, this transition is likely to be less than smooth\, with increased migration also leading to significant push-back within destination countries and to calls for greater border controls. \nAccording to Dr Selee\, 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. And 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. \nCatch the summary of Dr Selee’s presentation below:
URL:https://migration.org.za/acms-event/audio-slide-demographic-change-and-migration-policy-seminar-presentation/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250913
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SUMMARY:VIDEOS: 'The Borders of Transformation' colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Earlier this month (4 September 2025)\, the University of the Witwatersrand held a colloquium on ‘The Borders of Transformation: The Continent and the South African University’. This colloquium considered competing and complementary approaches to race and nationality in South African higher education\, at a moment that marks ten years since the Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fall protests\, as well as being characterised by the increasing visibility and weaponisation of national and international xenophobia. \nOpening the colloquium\, Wits University’s Head of School of Social Sciences\, Lorena Núñez Carrasco posed the following provocation:\n“So what can we do? Yes\, we must keep speaking out against politicians who use fear and division to gain power. Yes\, we must push for sound evidence-based policies on healthcare\, taxation\, education and more. But is that enough? Today is about going further. We are here to restart the conversations students began a decade ago. We are asking ourselves what role should we\, as academics and institutions\, play in shaping a fairer future? What are our goals? What stands in our way\, and what tools and resources do we have to work with? This won’t be an easy conversation. We hope it will be an honest and respectful one. Since the Fallest movement\, it sometimes feel like we’ve been becoming a bit like a family that avoids difficult topics just to keep the peace. But today is not the day to stay silent. Today we speak.” \nThese questions were not only a reflection on the Fallist movements\, but on a three-decade-long history of contentious post-Apartheid efforts to align the country’s universities with broader commitments to equity and progressive social change. This colloquium also considered future institutional trajectories in an era of resource scarcity\, persistent domestic and global inequality\, and rampant populist anti-intellectualism. \n \nThe colloquium was split into two panels. The first panel focused on “transformation after the ‘decolonial turn'”. Its speakers were Mxolisi Makhubo (University of Johannesburg)\, Fikile Masikane (University of Pretoria) and Srila Roy (Wits University)\, and was chaired by Nicky Falkof (SARCHi Chair in Critical Diversity Studies). \n \nThe second panel discussed “the future of the South/African university”\, and featured Salim Vally (University of Johannesburg)\, William Mpofu (Wits University)\, Samia Chasi (Wits University)\, whilst being chaired by Loren Landau (SARCHi Chair in Mobility and the Politics of Difference). \nAt its heart\, the colloquium asked how universities\, and the scholars and activists housed within them\, can respond to stormy political waters and to potentially competing visions of justice and transformation. What it might mean to be an African university in South Africa\, and what it would take to realise that vision. \nCatch up with this riveting conversation by watching the videos below:
URL:https://migration.org.za/acms-event/videos-the-borders-of-transformation-colloquium/
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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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SUMMARY:PODCAST: Serge Alain Nitegeka's ACMS walkabout of 'Black Subjects'
DESCRIPTION:On 2 September\, about 20 African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) staff and students were taken on a guided tour by renowned artist Serge Alain Nitegeka\, of his latest exhibition called Black Subjects\, currently showcasing at the Wits Art Museum (26 August to 1 November 2025). \nNitegeka presents his first institutional solo show in Johannesburg. For Black Subjects\, he stages a monumental sculptural intervention\, whilst also working across painting and video. Nitegeka grounds his practice in a language of abstraction\, geometry and colour. The experiential interaction with the work refutes passivity\, resulting in a congruence between the body and space. \n \n \nA key tenet of the exhibition is the relationship between movement and load. In his paintings\, figures carry unidentified cargo\, moving across a landscape of abstracted obstacles\, Nitegeka renders cargo and the personal effects of migration into a language of abstracted thought and form\, emphasising the liminality embedded in these narratives. \n \nAs the audience is transformed into the Black Subjects\, the installation-performance exemplifies the ways the body becomes cargo and continues the artist’s reflections on his experiences of forced migration and displacement. \n \n \nListen to the podcast below of the discussion that Nitegeka had with ACMS during the exhibition walkabout. The conversation covers issues of identity\, language\, home and belonging: \n \nAfrican Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) · Serge Alain Nitegeka’s ACMS tour of ‘Black Subjects’\n\nTo find out more about this exhibition\, click here.
URL:https://migration.org.za/acms-event/podcast-serge-alain-nitegekas-acms-walkabout-of-black-subjects/
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