Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research

A First for Medical and Health Humanities in Africa – BMJ Special Issue December 2018

Submitted by Victoria Hume on 28 November, 2018 - 18:09

The BMJ’s Medical Humanities Journal has just published the first English-language special issue to deal exclusively with work on and about Medical and Health Humanities (MHH) in Africa.

Statement from Sarah Nuttall and Achille Mbembe on “Recognition, Reparation, Reconciliation” Conference (Stellenbosch University)

Submitted by Sarah Nuttall on 27 November, 2018 - 17:43

Statement from Sarah Nuttall and Achille Mbembe on “Recognition, Reparation, Reconciliation” Conference (Stellenbosch University)

We, like a large number of South African and international scholars, firmly oppose Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and support the boycott as a non-violent strategy for ending the occupation.

WiSER is pleased to be part of a 5 year collaborative project: "Enclaving: Patterns of global futures in three African cities"

Submitted by Nolwazi Mkhwanazi on 2 October, 2018 - 18:21

WiSER is pleased to be part of a new 5 year collaborative project: "Enclaving: Patterns of global futures in three African cities."

The website is here, and a news story about the project can be found here.

The global ambitions of the biometric anti-bank : Net1, lockin and the technologies of African financialization

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 23 September, 2018 - 13:10

Breckenridge, Keith. "The global ambitions of the biometric anti-bank : Net1, lockin and the technologies of African financialization." International Review of Applied Economics (2019).

The failure of the “single source of truth about Kenyans” : the National Digital Registry System, collateral mysteries and the Safaricom monopoly

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 20 September, 2018 - 10:10

Breckenridge, Keith. "The failure of the “single source of truth about Kenyans” : the National Digital Registry System, collateral mysteries and the Safaricom monopoly." African Studies 78, no. 1 (2019).

My Vote Counts and the Transparency of Political Party Funding in South Africa

Submitted by Jonathan Klaaren on 7 September, 2018 - 15:54

Klaaren, Jonathan. "My Vote Counts and the Transparency of Political Party Funding in South Africa." Law, Democracy, & Development 22 (2018): 1-11.

Zotero Workshop : 29 August 2018

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 29 August, 2018 - 13:36

The basics for this Zotero workshop are available here: https://wiser.wits.ac.za/event/zotero-workshop-basics.

Towards republican citizenship : a reflection on the jurisprudence of former Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo

Submitted by Jonathan Klaaren on 22 August, 2018 - 16:37

Klaaren, Jonathan. "Towards republican citizenship : a reflection on the jurisprudence of former Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo." Southern African Public Law 32 (2017): 1-13.

The Constitutionalist Concept of Justice L Ackermann: Evolution by revolution

Submitted by Jonathan Klaaren on 22 August, 2018 - 16:33

Klaaren, Jonathan. "The Constitutionalist Concept of Justice L Ackermann: Evolution by revolution." In Making the Road by Walking: The Evolution of the South African Constitution, edited by Narnia Bohler-Muller, Michael Cosser and Gary Pienaar, 27-43. Pretoria, South Africa: Pretoria University Law Press, 2018.

From Prohibited Immigrants to Citizens: The Origins of Citizenship and Nationality in South Africa

Submitted by Jonathan Klaaren on 22 August, 2018 - 16:28

Klaaren, Jonathan. From Prohibited Immigrants to Citizens: The Origins of Citizenship and Nationality in South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: UCT Press, 2017.