The untold struggles of foreign nationals working in private security companies during the nationwide lockdown in South Africa Dostin Lakika Dostin Lakika is a Research Associate at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), Wits University, and at the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS-Research). Since the outbreak of coronavirus many countries around the […]

Ndipiwe Mkuzo is a Master’s Degree candidate and a research intern at the Human Sciences Research Council. As an anthropologist and a political scientist, he is currently working on cultural mobilization and empowerment in Khayelitsha, Delft and Langa, in the Cape Flats. He shares his reflections on the lockdown in South Africa from Cape Town. […]

South Africa has recently been afflicted by xenophobic violence and the issue of migrants — mainly from the African continent — is a sensitive one. It is only logical that sociologists and migration specialists have, since March, reflected on the Covid-19 crisis, taking into account the parameter of migrant populations in the pandemic equation. Regards […]

Since the beginning of the lockdown in South Africa, the Human Science Research Council (HSRC) has launched a general survey on the effects of Covid-19 in the country and the awareness of the pandemic among South Africans. “We are appealing to all South Africans to participate in this survey. The research team is adopting the BiNu […]

Announcement due to the current situation – COVID-19 Dear friends of IFAS-Research,  Due to the current situation, and in light of the latest announcements, IFAS-Research is taking the necessary measures to follow all advices and regulations. Therefore, we regret to inform you that all our events are cancelled until further notice. IFAS-Research offices are also […]

An evening of debate and music dedicated to musical movements and countercultures in Southern Africa. > Saturday 28 March | 6pm – 2am > Keleketla! Library, Troyeville, Johannesburg In 2020, IFAS-Research will explore the various musical movements born in reaction to, or in resonance with the social and political realities of oppression, authoritarianism and colonisation. […]

Sounds of Southern Africa. Music, Empowerment, Freedom (XXe-XXIe siècles) International Conference L’IFAS-Recherche organise, à la mi-septembre 2020, un colloque international consacré aux relations entre mouvements musicaux et politique en Afrique australe du XXe siècle à nos jours. Les chercheurs sont invités à faire parvenir leurs propositions de communication avant le 30 avril 2020.   IFAS-Research […]

The Eastern Question (19th-21st centuries): Foreign powers and local actors > Thursday 5 March | 1:30 – 3:30 pm  > Humanities Graduate Seminar Room, Humanities Building, Wits University Within the framework of the agreement between the Collège de France and the University of Pretoria, IFAS Research (French Institute of South Africa) and Wits – University […]

Home in Exile: Life in Zaatari Refugee Camp > Wednesday26 February 2020 | 6:00 – 8:00 pm > Otto Street Illovo, Sandton, 2196 In the current refugee crisis, the UNHCR has highlighted two great areas of departure: the Middle East and Central Africa. Cities such as Johannesburg emerged from massive transfers of populations in the late […]

The Sterkfontein Caves, situated in the Cradle of Humankind about 40 kilometers northwest of Johannesburg, represent one of the world’s richest sites in hominid fossils, and discoveries there continue to astound the international scientific community. The discovery, excavation and research on Little Foot through the years: In the late 1890s gold miners dynamited the Sterkfontein […]