by John Marnell | Feb 27, 2026 | Front Page, Gender Sexuality & Migration, News
This week Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) released its Report on Migration Statistics from the 2022/2023 Income and Expenditure Survey (IES). The study estimates that there are about 3 million immigrants (5,1% of the overall population) in the country, the majority...
by John Marnell | Feb 16, 2026 | Books, Front Page, News
Marnell, J., Camminga, B., Bompani, B., & Wairuri, K. (Eds.). (2026). East African Queer and Trans Displacements. Bloomsbury Academic. The last decade has seen a sharp rise in state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia in East Africa. This includes discriminatory...
by Jaclyn Modise | Feb 10, 2026 | Front Page, News
Last week, 3-5 February, ACMS welcomed its new cohort of 2026 students to our postgraduate programmes in Migration & Displacement Studies. On the first day of orientation at the Centre, the students met the ACMS staff and learned about the diverse research...
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by NicholasS | Oct 31, 2025 | Front Page, News
Our postgraduate programmes in Migration and Displacement Studies are still open for 2026 applications. The closing date has now been extended to 15 November 2025. As part of Wits University’s School of Social Sciences, the ACMS offers Bachelor of Arts (BA) with...
by NicholasS | Oct 9, 2025 | Front Page, jobs, News
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral fellowship at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) at Wits University in the field of migration and displacement. We are particularly interested in applicants with a background in migration research in the...
