by Jaclyn Modise | Oct 14, 2026 | News, Front Page, Op-Ed, Sarchi
Violent protests erupted in Durban and Johannesburg this week following widespread misinformation about a Home Affairs directive on how asylum seekers should be processed. Professor Loren Landau (African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University) argues that...
by Jaclyn Modise | Oct 8, 2026 | Events, Front Page, News, Students
Adetola Oyenubi (PhD Candidate, ACMS) opened her seminar with a simple but profound question: What happens to caregiving when the usual people who teach are gone? Drawing on six months of embedded fieldwork in Bokkos, Plateau State, Adetola shared how the December...
by Jaclyn Modise | Oct 1, 2026 | Events, Front Page, News, Students
Melvin Simuyaba (PhD Candidate, ACMS) presented his research on mobile adolescents and young people’s experiences accessing sexual and reproductive health services across two urban communities in Zambia (Lusaka and Livingstone). Drawing on group discussions,...
by Jaclyn Modise | Sep 28, 2026 | Events, Front Page, News
The ACMS recently hosted its PhD Day, a space for doctoral candidates to present their current work, receive feedback, and gain guidance on their research journeys. Dr. Jean-Pierre Misago (Senior Researcher and Co-Director, ACMS) opened the day by outlining the PhD...
by Jaclyn Modise | Sep 28, 2026 | Front Page, Events, News
What lies beneath xenophobia in Africa; fear, history, inequality, identity, or something deeper? ACMS’ Associate Professor and Co-Director, Jo Vearey, joins Voice1Africa for a pan-African conversation that goes beyond headlines and blame. UNDERSTANDING...
