Senior Researcher at the Institute for Security Studies. Interested in migration, justice and policing.
Joined January 2019
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Remembering Stilfontein one year later:
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Extract from Addendum to SAPS Annual Crime Report 2015/2016 reflecting rates of business robbery affecting foreign nationals in South Africa
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Pressure for change in #SouthAfrica’s #policing is higher than ever. How can measurable, systemic improvements be achieved?
Join our 2025 Evidence-Based Policing SA conference online or in person, Cape Town, 27-28 Oct crimehub.org/events/evidence… @HannsSeidelSA
SAPS, Western Cape Government and City of Cape Town's collaborate evidence-based hotspot patrols show promising results:
How can we improve policing where it matters most?
A Cape Town hotspot patrol project undertaken with @SAPoliceService @WesternCapeGov & @CityofCT achieved encouraging reductions in violent crime. 🇿🇦
This @issafrica report shares key project insights:
crimehub.org/analysis/resear…
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SA Crime Quarterly will return to @issafrica, with Jody van der Heyde and me as managing editors. We invite article submissions to our 2025 editions:
March - Open focus
June - Policing
September - Violence prevention
December - Anti-corruption
More info: crimehub.org/about-us/career…
My article on why a marked reduction in business robberies in Cape Town might not be such a good thing:
As reported business robberies go down in #CapeTown, is #extortion going up?
The marked drop in these robberies should be cause for celebration, but they haven’t reduced violence. ISS Today by @VGastrow issafrica.org/iss-today/is-c…
An engaging and insightful new book reflecting on the power of positionally in socio-legal fieldwork.
OUT OF PLACE is a new book that encourages scholars to reflect on the power of positionality in research. It's a structured process of introspection & inquiry. The book came out today. It's available as Open Access at cambridge.org/outofplace.
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Jonathan Jansen details in his forthcoming book with Wits University Press, Corrupted: A study of chronically dysfunctional universities, how xenophobia is threatening the future of the SA university. universityworldnews.com/post… @JJ_Stellies @dailymaverick
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Another great day @OpenBookFest. Huge admiration for the combinations of authors, the topics, the timekeeping and the facilitation. Audience responses in a nutshell: empathy/concern (xenophobia), ovation (for the detectives), cheers (moms +daughters). ❤️
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I've got a new piece on the @WitsPress centenary online in the Conversation. Support local university presses! theconversation.com/a-south-… via @TC_Africa
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We are delighted to be supporting the @OpenBookFest once again this year, as it returns to the @District6Museum’s Homecoming Centre on 2 - 4 September. Learn more about this incredible event on @CapeTownEtc. capetownetc.com/cape-town/gr…
The work-life balance affects women even at the very top:
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Wits University Press celebrates all women authors this Women's Month!
@BarbraStrident @BafatiBebumbene @bobbiboswell @BooysenS2 @VGastrow @jennyperkel @NadiaDavids9 @LitGender_up
Happy Women's Day to all women!
Krugersdorp arrests: Police raids resulted in 80 arrests for illegal immigration but none for alleged rape. What are the state’s priorities?
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Don't stay neutral because of it doesn't concern you if u see something wrong say something responsibility is all the time on us #beagoodhuman
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READ | Statement by @DOJCD_ZA condemning attacks on SERI. In the statement, Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mr John Jeffery, rightly characterises the attacks on human rights organisations as “an attack on democracy itself”
| bit.ly/3bsqIju
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[PRESS CONFERENCE] Today at 13:00, SERI will hold a press conference on the @CityofJoburgZA's incitement of violence against SERI & its staff following last week's High Court order involving the unlawful prohibition of informal trade.
Details here | bit.ly/3cXexvB
Interview with Polity about my book “Citizen and Pariah” and the predicaments of foreign retailers in South Africa @WitsPress @PolityZA
Researcher Vanya Gastrow (@VGastrow) discusses her book 'Citizen and Pariah: Somali Traders and the Regulation of Difference in South Africa', where she sheds light on the nature & workings of xenophobia in SA.
Watch the full interview:
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