Like EIPR many of us work at the intersection of academia & activism doing research & evidence-based advocacy. Plse take action to protest the arrest of EIPR staff. Follow المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية to get updates & amplify their work. And sign: amnesty.org/en/get-involve… change.org/p/free-human-r…

Heartbreaking.

America bel die polisie. Yesses.

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Well done Prof Maureen Tanner!

2⃣ important deadlines 📅➡ Tomorrow Call for Papers & Award Nominations #LSA2021 Nominate🏆➡bit.ly/LSAPA21 Submit📝➡bit.ly/LSA2021CFS

Wonderful

Fulbright Applications close 14 May! My advice: don’t count yourself out & don’t contort who you are based on what you *think* funders want. 9 out of 10 times you’re wrong & they were looking for someone just like you. Learnt this with my own Fulbright (on the 2nd try 😉)

“The African Studies section of UCT’s Main Library is on fire. Some of the oldest and rarest books about Africa were stored here. This is a very sad day for this country, for Africa and the world.”

Have your say on the Domestic Violence Amendment Bill

The taxi violence in Cape Town has gone on for longer than the #ZumaUnrest but the City and Provincial governments have prioritized deploying police and soldiers at shopping malls instead of taxi ranks. At this point, there should be special busses to take people home.

📰Big News📰 #LSA has been awarded a U.S. National Science Foundation Grant to Support the Development of Global Sociolegal Studies! The NSF Grant Will Help Build International Research Collaborations and Provide Funding for Junior Sociolegal Scholar Activities. Full Release📝: bit.ly/LSANSFG21

This is such deserved recognition. Well done Dr Wami! Excellence, hard work, excellent guidance from Dee Smythe. A winning recipe.

An ANC Municipality in the Eastern Cape, Enoch Mgijima has opened what they call a stadium… R15 MILLION was paid to build this thing & they are proud of it. The people of South Africa must vote these people out of power because they have no shame. None whatsoever! R15m for this?

Sometimes I read things that I wrote ages ago & realize that I do know what I'm talking about. I have really low academic self esteem, which doesn't cross over into my main life high self esteem. I think it's b/cuz I don't surround myself with bullies in my actual life. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Dr. Pete Wegier Hello, the unroll you asked for: I’ve been getting lots of questions about how I organize my day to be… threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453884… See you soon. 🤖

Proud to be preparing to go on strike with other UCT academics for the first time in UCT’s history. UCT are offering 3% pay increase for 2023 . Other institutions are able to offer 6%. #UCTAcademicsStrike

Interesting that UCT academics didn’t get a call from the VC this weekend … #UCTAcademicsStrike