Erin Torkelson
@erintorkelson.bsky.social
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UWC geographer, writing about debt, racial capitalism, and the social welfare state in South Africa.
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Duke University Press
about 1 month ago
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I should start a column called: why is Trump mad at South Africa today? Because we won't let him bring Kenyans on volunteer visas to work (not volunteer!) at a processing site for Afrikaner 'refugees.' The US created a precarious immigrant workforce in SA to vet immigrants who are not precarious.
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Why did SA government officials raid the site processing US-bound ârefugeesâ? | Daily Maverick
On Tuesday, 16 December, a Johannesburg centre processing applications for South Africans wishing to take up ârefugeeâ status was raided by Home Affairs officials and the police. We break it down.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-12-17-why-did-sa-government-officials-raid-the-site-processing-usbound-refugees/
29 days ago
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As Trump bans US officials from attending the G20 in South Africa due to âAfrikaner genocide,â he can only find 3 Afrikaner ârefugeesâ willing to move to the US!
www.news24.com/citypress/ne...
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US books dozens of seats for Afrikaner ârefugeesâ, but only three pitch up | News24
Far fewer ârefugeesâ arrived for their flights than were catered for. Despite this, the US government has targeted resettlement of 6 000 people by the end of November.
https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/us-books-dozens-of-seats-for-afrikaner-refugees-but-only-three-pitch-up-20251025-1188
2 months ago
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Trump invited a billionaire and two golfers into the Oval Office to scold the sitting South African president, after showing a reality tv-style montage about a genocide that doesnât exist. I guess this is US diplomacy now.
8 months ago
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This meeting is about genocide, but not the mythological âwhite genocideâ itâs pretending to be about. Itâs about the US punishing South Africa for taking Israel to the ICJ.
8 months ago
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Send me your recommendations!! I have an honors student writing about young South Africans who try but fail to make competitive football leagues & how they figure out what to do next in a context of high unemployment. There must be great books about this, but itâs a little out of my area! Thanks!
9 months ago
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I wanted to love Raoul Peckâs film on Ernest Cole, but found it disorienting that he did not hire a South African to consult on LaKeith Stanfieldâs voice over. Mispronouncing names of people and places - Mamelodi, Soweto, Basotho - sometimes to the point of unrecognizability, is careless.
10 months ago
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âWhen the powerful punish the principled, we glimpse the unmasked face of empire. Donald Trumpâs vindictive executive order denying aid to South Africa â punishment for its support of Palestine and pursuit of land reform â offers precisely such a moment of clarity.â
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10 months ago
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What got Ambassador Rasool expelled from the US? Nuance & patience. He said: -how SA responds to the US "demands perspective" -Biden wanted SA to be removed from AGOA due to our "geopolitical stances" (i.e. Palestine) -we need to watch how Americans push back against Trump's EOs before acting
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South Africa attempting to take nuanced line in navigating US relations
There has been a deluge of more than 100 executive decisions taken by US President Donald Trump following his re-election in November, including the imposition of import tariffs on traditionally allie...
https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/south-africa-attempting-to-take-nuanced-line-to-us-policies-2025-03-14
10 months ago
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Facts about the âwhite genocide mythâ in SA: - Farm murder stats include black people killed on farms, not just white people - Most farm murders are robberies and have no genocidal intent - White people make up 9% of pop, but only 1.8% of murders
www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
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The dangerous myth of 'white genocide' in South Africa
Narratives about a fictitious campaign to exterminate Afrikaners have the power to produce real violence.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hate-watch/dangerous-myth-white-genocide-south-africa/
11 months ago
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Burawoy taught the best graduate seminar ever, where theory-making was deeply collaborative. He paired up students who worked in different places, on different things, with different theoretical commitments and made us think our work in relation to one another. No one could stretch theory like him.
11 months ago
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So proud to work at UWC!
over 1 year ago
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Great idea! Our students at the University of the Western Cape (in South Africa) did this two weeks ago! It would be cool to see it travel!
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over 1 year ago
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Meanwhile⊠the UA President still has his job after a $240 mil shortfall, including a $54 mil loan to the athletics department, the purchase of a shady for-profit online college, and a $1.7 mil upgrade to his basketball suit.
azluminaria.org/2023/11/16/u...
about 2 years ago
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One more reason to love Cape Town!
about 2 years ago
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"We join the world in expressing horror at the war crimes being committed in Palestine through targeting civilians, civilian infrastructure, UN premises & other vulnerable targets. These experiences remind us of our experiences as black South Africans living under apartheid.â Minister Naledi Pandor
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Pandor calls for Gaza ceasefire and end to Israelâs âcollective punishmentâ
International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor on Tuesday called for an immediate comprehensive ceasefire in Gaza and the release of civilian hostages, describing Israelâs actions as âapartheid op...
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-11-07-pandor-calls-for-immediate-ceasefire-in-gaza-and-an-end-to-israels-collective-punishment-on-all-palestinians/?utm_source=TouchBasePro&token=MEdjczVNYUpZeFBuZmN2SkdvQUJXRjNod1doWHQ0dmtoK2ovbmxaR2kwbDg3MXg0STd3ZW1nWmxDeDk3N2U4dUZjTUtJMnlCZzVGTFpWUWlIdjFjQ1czNkhuTUtOaEhYazlpRVprbmxDNWtvb2VyRE9Gakk3Mk5FR1BkdTk4dStvRUFSRTVwUWhOeFhjaTNVZjF4WmZRPT0=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=First%20Thing%208%20November%202023&utm_content=First%20Thing%208%20November%202023+CID_1a85fc3c351353966f2a03350c663323&utm_source=TouchBasePro&utm_term=Pandor%20calls%20for%20immediate%20ceasefire%20in%20Gaza%20and%20an%20end%20to%20Israels%20collective%20punishment%20on%20all%20Palestinians
about 2 years ago
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Calling all geographers!!
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over 2 years ago
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Just joined the great bird migration. I'm here now.
over 2 years ago
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