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We’ve been in lock down for 20 days. Fariba Adelkhah, a researcher at the International Research Centre of Sciences Po Paris, has been in prison for 300 days in Iran. By posting her face on the websites of academic institutions and research teams in Europe and elsewhere, we want to show the support of the scientific community and urge the French government to do everything possible to secure her release.
Fariba Adelkhah is in danger. We must act urgently for her.
It is with great sadness that we share the news that our colleague Professor Harry Garuba has passed away on the morning of the 29th February 2020. He had been ill recently and was in hospital these past few days. He was a key leading figure at CAS and within AXL and will be sorely missed for his camaraderie, friendship, support, wisdom, experience, generosity, warmth - and above all, for his depth of knowledge and scholarship. We join with others here at UCT and afar in conveying our deepest condolences to his wife, children and extended family.
Professor Lungisile Ntsebeza's honorary doctarate conferral at the University of Leiden took place on the 7th February 2020, in recognition of his outstanding research throughout his career. To read more and to watch the ceremony, follow the link below:
https://www.ascleiden.nl/news/honorary-doctorate-professor-lungisile-ntsebeza
South African professor Lungisile Ntsebeza will receive an honorary doctorate on the Foundation Day of Leiden University on Friday 7 February. Ntsebeza is an authority in the democratisation of rural South Africa and poverty reduction. Ntsebeza has been Professor of Sociology and African Studies at the University of Cape Town since 2008, where he is also Director of the Centre of African Studies. He studies the democratisation of rural South Africa, where many traditional and unelected rulers still hold sway. He also conducts research into land rights, poverty reduction and the pre-colonial history of South Africa.