Leslie Bank

Professor Leslie Bank is research director in the Inclusive Economic Development Unit at the HSRC and the co-author of a new volume on South African migration dynamics entitled Migrant Labour After Apartheid: The Inside Story (HSRC Press, 2020)

Public must develop safe death rites

Coronavirus Leslie Bank - 14 May 2020

Experience in Brazil, West and South Africa show how ‘people’s science’ can manage deadly illnesses

Rural retreat: Allowing people to return home during lockdown could turn a tide

Article Leslie Bank - 30 Apr 2020

It is important to note that the phenomena of translocality and circular migration in Africa have often served as a strategy of resilience in tough times

Patriarchy, migration fuel Afrophobia

Article Leslie Bank - 11 Oct 2019

City streets are ‘washed’ to cleanse them of work competitors and for moral, cultural and social restoration

Shaping cities goes beyond student beds

Article Mark Paterson, Leslie Bank & Jean Paul Addie - 18 Jan 2019

Sustainable urban development requires the collaboration of municipalities and the universities to advance social integration

Open varsity gates to the commons

Article Leslie Bank - 4 May 2018

These institutions needn’t be discrete spaces and can be used to change the urban environment

Land reform: A broken ladder

Article Leslie Bank - 18 Sep 2017

The government's land reform programme appears to be failing to promote the widespread productive use of land to provide household food security

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University of Fort Hare at an academic crossroads

Article Leslie Bank - 7 Mar 2014

The failure of the ANC to rebuild the legendary university after 1994 has had serious results.

Press Releases

Special Reports

Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

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Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

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Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

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POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

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CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

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Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

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JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

'Impact investing has become increasingly topical and for us to provide investors with access to sustainable investment options is a key focus'

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OSISA seeks a Programme Manager: Economic Justice

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

The candidate will be responsible for planning, management and implementation of Economic Justice work within the Economic and Social Justice Cluster