David Jeffery-Schwikkard
@davidjeffery.bsky.social
PhD candidate at King's College London. I study how people think about the law, morality, and the nation in South Africa.
www.davidjeff.co.za
www.davidjeff.co.za
An article by @telegraphnews.bsky.social literally advocating tax evasion.
Literally - how to pretend to run a commercial woodland to avoid inheritance tax.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/in...
Literally - how to pretend to run a commercial woodland to avoid inheritance tax.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/in...
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September 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
An article by @telegraphnews.bsky.social literally advocating tax evasion.
Literally - how to pretend to run a commercial woodland to avoid inheritance tax.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/in...
Literally - how to pretend to run a commercial woodland to avoid inheritance tax.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/in...
This is such important research on why unemployed South Africans leave or turn down work. We need to think beyond debates about mininum wage to think more expansively about what work with dignity can mean.
theconversation.com/6-in-10-youn...
theconversation.com/6-in-10-youn...
6 in 10 young South Africans have no jobs. Why some still reject offers of work
Rejecting precarious work signals dissatisfaction with a labour market where wage employment rarely offers security or social mobility.
theconversation.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This is such important research on why unemployed South Africans leave or turn down work. We need to think beyond debates about mininum wage to think more expansively about what work with dignity can mean.
theconversation.com/6-in-10-youn...
theconversation.com/6-in-10-youn...
Here is a puzzle. People in sub-Saharan Africa tend to be *twice* as religious as the rest of the world, yet countries in the region provide *half* as much state support for religion.
Why?
Hint: It isn't about state capacity. #polrel
Why?
Hint: It isn't about state capacity. #polrel
David Jeffery-Schwikkard’s research reveals sub-Saharan Africa’s devout populations receive minimal state support for religion. These findings unsettle many common misconceptions about the role of religion in politics.
theconversation.com/deeply-relig...
#Politics
theconversation.com/deeply-relig...
#Politics
Deeply religious African countries (surprisingly) provide little state support to religion – unlike countries in Europe
European states are more involved in religion than those in sub-Saharan Africa.
theconversation.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Here is a puzzle. People in sub-Saharan Africa tend to be *twice* as religious as the rest of the world, yet countries in the region provide *half* as much state support for religion.
Why?
Hint: It isn't about state capacity. #polrel
Why?
Hint: It isn't about state capacity. #polrel
Are there any academics you read where you think 'woah, that's really good writing'?
I'm having an odd time. I'm returning to books and articles that I remember as excellent. But when I read them closely, their wordwork is clumsy.
Help. Who first came to mind when you read my question?
I'm having an odd time. I'm returning to books and articles that I remember as excellent. But when I read them closely, their wordwork is clumsy.
Help. Who first came to mind when you read my question?
January 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Are there any academics you read where you think 'woah, that's really good writing'?
I'm having an odd time. I'm returning to books and articles that I remember as excellent. But when I read them closely, their wordwork is clumsy.
Help. Who first came to mind when you read my question?
I'm having an odd time. I'm returning to books and articles that I remember as excellent. But when I read them closely, their wordwork is clumsy.
Help. Who first came to mind when you read my question?
Reposted by David Jeffery-Schwikkard
My third complete starter pack of 150 accounts that post about Africa-related topics, including journalists, policy analysts, economists, business leaders, entrepreneurs, civil society leaders, activists, historians and organizational accounts.
go.bsky.app/JDTmcEq
go.bsky.app/JDTmcEq
December 2, 2024 at 4:06 PM
My third complete starter pack of 150 accounts that post about Africa-related topics, including journalists, policy analysts, economists, business leaders, entrepreneurs, civil society leaders, activists, historians and organizational accounts.
go.bsky.app/JDTmcEq
go.bsky.app/JDTmcEq
Thought-provoking - moral language makes pro-immigration messages more effective.
Some of these are really small tweaks: a "fairer and more decent" rather than "better and sounder" immigration policy.
(And some are larger, like focusing on a country's values rather than economic benefits).
Some of these are really small tweaks: a "fairer and more decent" rather than "better and sounder" immigration policy.
(And some are larger, like focusing on a country's values rather than economic benefits).
Thanks for this @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social 👌🏼 I might add my recent @psrm.bsky.social showing that the 🇩🇰 Social Democrats could have won policy support for a pro-immigrant platform if their messaging were framed in moral terms. Central corrective to popular notion SD was destined to go anti-im 👇🏼
December 5, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Thought-provoking - moral language makes pro-immigration messages more effective.
Some of these are really small tweaks: a "fairer and more decent" rather than "better and sounder" immigration policy.
(And some are larger, like focusing on a country's values rather than economic benefits).
Some of these are really small tweaks: a "fairer and more decent" rather than "better and sounder" immigration policy.
(And some are larger, like focusing on a country's values rather than economic benefits).
Politicians in South Africa use religious rhetoric, but still pursue secular and liberal policies like access to abortion and protecting same-sex partnerships. Why?
theconversation.com/god-and-poli...
@africa.theconversation.com #polrel
(This is an older article, but as we migrate to Bluesky...)
theconversation.com/god-and-poli...
@africa.theconversation.com #polrel
(This is an older article, but as we migrate to Bluesky...)
God and politics in South Africa: the ruling ANC’s winning strategy
Perhaps the combination of religious rhetoric and secular laws is a winning electoral strategy.
theconversation.com
December 3, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Politicians in South Africa use religious rhetoric, but still pursue secular and liberal policies like access to abortion and protecting same-sex partnerships. Why?
theconversation.com/god-and-poli...
@africa.theconversation.com #polrel
(This is an older article, but as we migrate to Bluesky...)
theconversation.com/god-and-poli...
@africa.theconversation.com #polrel
(This is an older article, but as we migrate to Bluesky...)
Added! Minus the non-SA William Bird and @mbekezeli.bsky.social, who was on already. Thanks so much.
November 27, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Added! Minus the non-SA William Bird and @mbekezeli.bsky.social, who was on already. Thanks so much.
Here is a list of accounts that comment on politics in South Africa 👇. Very incomplete but getting better - please tag suggestions!
go.bsky.app/vzDePD
go.bsky.app/vzDePD
November 27, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Here is a list of accounts that comment on politics in South Africa 👇. Very incomplete but getting better - please tag suggestions!
go.bsky.app/vzDePD
go.bsky.app/vzDePD