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In opening the conversation, Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela located the event within a longer history of struggle, solidarity and intellectual activism. Reflecting on her shared past with Professor Tamara Shefer as members of “psychologists against [...]
AVReQ proudly celebrates Dr Akuch Kuol Anyieth, who has been recognised among the Top 7 Postdoctoral Research Fellows at the 2025 Research and Innovation Excellence Awards, an event that honours academic brilliance, innovation, and social [...]
AVReQ recently had the honour of hosting Stellenbosch University’s new Rector and Vice-Chancellor (VC), Professor Deresh Ramjugernath, for a visit that brought together shared visions for research excellence, societal impact, and global collaboration. During the [...]
By Desmond Thompson When a study on “Age- and education-related effects on cognitive functioning in Coloured South African women” was published in 2019, it sparked outrage over how racial bias can persist in academic research [...]
The Australian leg of Dr Akuch Anyieth’s international book tour for Decolonising Family Violence Legal Intervention Orders in African-Australian Communities unfolded as both an intellectual and deeply personal journey. Throughout October, leading Australian universities [...]
Hosted by AVReQ’s Zandile Dywati and Cameron Farrar (Syracuse University), the Borders and Black Bodies: The ‘Placelessness’ of Blackness webinar brought together emerging scholars to engage the psychic, spatial and existential dislocations that define [...]
Stellenbosch University (SU) recently hosted a two-day postgraduate colloquium themed “Post'-Violence Subjectivities in the Global South", bringing together students and researchers from four institutions – SU, the University of Cape Town (UCT), the University [...]
By Desmond Thompson The struggle for justice takes many forms. For some, it unfolds in the contested corridors of international law; for others, in quiet defiance in kitchens and mosques. At Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Centre [...]
By Desmond Thompson Women’s Month is usually a time to reflect on South Africa’s progress in addressing gender issues, and on how much remains to be done. But now, as the country turns to celebrating [...]
By Desmond Thompson Policing in South Africa is under intense scrutiny. In July, KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi accused national Police Minister Senzo Mchunu of shielding criminal networks and shutting down sensitive investigations. In response, [...]
