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In a new blog post James Gondwe, one of the project's PhD students based at Wits university, reflects on his engagement with animal geographies at this year's European Conference on African Studies. In his PhD project James explores the role of cattle in the making of urban spaces in Karonga Town, Malawi. You can find the full text here.

Marie Huchzermeyer and Fana Sihlongonyane together with ten other colleagues from Wits University and other institutions published a piece on the devastating fire in an appartment block in Johannesburg in The Conversation discussing ways forward to address the housing crisis in the inner city: Johannesburg fire: there was a plan to fix derelict buildings and provide good accommodation - how to move forward

Taki Sithagu the project coordinator at Wits University just published a new article on just published a new article on “‘The ‘Invisible’ Property System and Revenue Collection in Former Homelands in the Context of Hybrid Governance and Access to Land And Basic Services" in Transformation.

Through the study of the revenue collection in the context of customary land ownership in the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality the article explores how state and non-state institutions attempt to deliver basic services by using informal practices to navigate formal systems.

Please find the full article here

The four semester part-time Masters Programme in Urban Management in UniLag is open for application. You can apply for the programme here. Please find more information on the programme here and on the website of UniLag's Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development.

The call for scholarships for the masters programme in Urban Studies in the field of Urban Management is at Wits is now open. Due date to apply for admission into the MUS (UM) is 31 July 2023 for non-South African national. Prospective Students from South Africa can apply for the programme till September 30. The due date to apply for the scholarship is 30 September 2023. The closing date for South Africans is 31 October. Further information can be found on the website of the School of Architecture and Planning: https://www.wits.ac.za/soap/bursaries-and-awards/

The call for scholarships for the 2-year part-time masters programme in Urban Management at the University of Lagos is now. Due date to apply for the scholarship is July 21 2023. Please find more details regarding the programme, the admission requirements and the eligibility on the website of the Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development: https://chsd.unilag.edu.ng/wit/