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THE LIVING RIGHTS FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

Download The Living Rights Festival Programme at this link.…
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The Living Rights Festival presents a screening of Nadine Cloete’s Action Kommandante

Award=winning filmmaker Nadine Cloete presents her documentary Action Kommandant at the Liviing Rights Festival…
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The Living Rights Festival presents a screening of “Pathways to Light”

The Living Rights Festival, screens ‘Pathways to Light’, and episode from Enver Samuel’s gound breaking new series ‘Truth Be Told’ at Bertha House Cinema, on 30th October 2024…
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THE LIVING RIGHTS FESTIVAL INTRODUCES VISUAL ARTIST JOHN ADAM BARROW

A selection of John Adam Barrow’s work from his series “Space-Time: A Meta-narrative for the Metacrisis” will be on view at the Living Rights Exhibition at Bertha House on 25th and 26th October 2024.…
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LIVING RIGHTS FESTIVAL CONCERT AT GUGA S’THEBE, FEATURING OPERATION KHATAZA! 27TH OCTOBER 2024

Living Sounds- a concert for solidarity and unity. Organised by the Cape Cultural Collective (CCC) and Jazz in the Native Yards(JNY) as part of the Living Rights Festival.…
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LIVING RIGHTS FESTIVAL EVENTS AT BERTHA HOUSE CAPE TOWN FRI 25th OCTOBER – SAT 26th OCTOBER 2024

FRIDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2024 VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION 09:00 – 19:00 ZARA NEWMAN * JOHN BARROW * VELILE SOHA * SONGEZO ZANTSI Get an intimate look at the exhibition with a guided walkabout led by the artists themselves. This is your chance to hear directly from Zara Newman, John Barrow, Velile…
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THE LIVING RIGHTS FESTIVAL @ BERTHA HOUSE

You’re Invited to the Living Rights Festival: Bertha House Weekend! Step into a world where art and activism collide! Join us on Friday, 25 October, and Saturday, 26 October 2024, for an unforgettable weekend at Bertha House, Cape Town. Over two days, we’ll celebrate the powerful voices and creative energy…
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A report on our recent webinar with Fadhel Kaboub

Analyzing Africa’s Just Transition: Charting a New Path for Economic and Climate Transformation The Tunisian economist Dr. Fadhel Kaboub presented a thought-provoking webinar based on the 2023 report “Just Transition: A Climate, Energy, and Development Vision for Africa” of which he is a co-author. The report calls for a comprehensive…
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IFAA FORUM: JUST TRANSITION. A CLIMATE, ENERGY AND DEVELOPMENT VISION FOR AFRICA

The Institute for African Alternatives is pleased to host Fadhel Kaboub on Monday, 16th September 2024, at 6 pm. Dr Kaboub will give an overview of the report “Just Transition: A Climate, Energy and Development Vision for Africa,” in which he is a co-author. This is an online IFAA Forum.…
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IFAA Forum: A Tribute to Peace Activist Rommel Roberts

Sadly, the Youth Speak event that IFAA co-hosted with the Peace Centre became the last event to be organized by the founding director of the latter organization, Rommel Roberts, who tragically passed away in a motor accident the day before the event. Rommel Roberts (1949–2024) was a South African human…
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IFAA Forum: Youth Speak

As the South African Elections approached, and with June also being South African Youth Month, IFAA engaged in discussions with several partners to host a large youth event, in which young people would take center stage and express their collective vision, concerns, and expectations for the future of the country.…
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Book Launch: ‘Honoring My Village’ by Josephine Norward

IFAA and Surplus hosted Professor Josephine Noward, the daughter of legendary investigative journalist Henry “Mr Drum” Nxumalo. Now resident in the USA, Norward’s body of work is described as ‘grounded in issues of social inequality in education, health care, and housing.’ Amongst her achievements, is an interdisciplinary documentary on investigative…
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THE CREATIVE WRITERS WORKSHOP SERIES

The Writers’ Workshop, a co-project of IFAA, Surplus Books, and the Cape Cultural Collective, continues to attract a dedicated group of budding writers, young, published or unpublished, from across the community, who come to meet and interact in the space. This initiative shows great potential for consistently engaging a diverse…
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Book Launch: “And Uncomfortable Paradise: A History of Dispossession and Slavery in Simon’s Town” by Joline Young

Our first official forum was the book launch of “An Uncomfortable Paradise: A History of Dispossession and Slavery in Simon’s Town,” by Joline Young. This was successfully co-hosted by IFAA, Surplus Radical Books, and The Peace Centre on Saturday, 09 March, at the Peace Centre. This forum was attended by…
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IFAA FORUM: Celebrating World Food Day with Surplus Radical Bookshop, Project 90 by 2030, PHA Food and Farming Campaign, and the Baha’i Faith Community

Surplus Books, IFAA, Project 90 by 2030, the PHA Food and Farming Campaign, and the Baha’i Faith Community invite you to a celebration of World Food Day. This event will feature a film screening of the acclaimed documentary “The Ants and the Grasshopper” and a presentation, focusing on Climate Change…
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