On Friday, 2 December 2022, Bertha House will be hosting a BrownBag session with Ruth Wilson Gilmore who will be speaking on Policing and Power in Cape Town. She is a Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Director of the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the City … Read More
The Annual Ben Turok Memorial Lecture: with Yanis Varoufakis
Keynote speaker Yanis Varoufakis, renowned radical economist and former Greek Finance Minister, will speak on Africa in the Face of the new Cold War and the West’s new colonial escapades The annual Ben Turok Memorial Lecture marks the anniversary of the death of IFAA’s founder and former director, the struggle … Read More
IFAA Forum: Niger Delta Command, a book launch, and panel discussion
Venue: Bertha House, 67 & 69 Main Rd, Mowbray, Cape Town Date: 23rd November 2022 Time: 4.30 pm for 5 pm (Snacks and Drinks in Dining Area) RSVP to: https://cutt.ly/UMAaEPh Press Statement The “Niger Delta Command”, a work of fiction will be launched at Bertha House in Mowbray, Cape Town … Read More
Book Launch: Crossroads: I live where I like
Please join us for Crossroads Homecoming– a collaborative book launch festival– cohosted by: Jacana Media, the Department of History and the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of Western Cape, the City of Cape Town Crossroads Library, the UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives, the Crossroads Philippi Young Women’s Reading … Read More
Dear President Ramaphosa, please ensure every MP memorises part VI of the Zondo report
Open Letter Dear Comrade President Cyril Ramaphosa, We at the Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA) are writing to you, with the greatest respect, to appeal to you to use your authority to send an important message to Parliament. We ask you to encourage every member of the Portfolio Committees to … Read More
IFAA Forum: India at 75: Division and Repression
Unpacking the unfolding of the current social and political crisis in India
Launching the New Agenda Special Issue: African Resource Sovereignty
The Institute for African Alternatives invites you to a hybrid discussion on the Special Issue of the New Agenda journal, titled “African Resource Sovereignty: Development or Environmental Vandalism?” The event will include a discussion between Dr Hibist Kassa and Mercia Andrews, moderated by Michael Smith. The audience will be graced … Read More
IFAA Forum: Mutant: a screening and panel discussion
Surplus Books and the Institute for African Alternatives, in association with Guidy Works, We’ll Do It Ourselves and Shack Dwellers International is proud to invite you to a screening of the documentary film Mutant, this Friday, 29th July 2022, from 5 pm to 9 pm, at Surplus Books, 302 Albert … Read More
IFAA salutes the late Don Mattera
South African poet, author, journalist, and activist Don Mattera passed away at the age of 86 on International Mandela Day, 18th July 2022. Born in Western Native Township (now Westbury), Johannesburg, Mattera grew up in Sophiatown, at that time a vibrant centre of South African culture, but later destroyed under the Apartheid regime. … Read More
Extractives and Illicit Financial Flows: Toward Climate Financing for a Just Transition
By Simon Rakei The Institute for African Alternatives in late 2021 commissioned researcher and activist Simon Rakei to write a paper that contributes to IFAA’s new Climate Justice program. His paper is entitled ‘Extractives and Illicit Financial Flows: Toward Climate Financing for a Just Transition’ (available on the IFAA website … Read More
IFAA Forum: A Conversation with the Cuban Ambassador
The Friends of Cuba Society (FOCUS), The Institute for African Alternatives, and Surplus Radical Books will host the Cuban Ambassador, Comrade Enrique Orta González at Surplus Books, 302 Albert Rd, Woodstock Cape Town. von Thursday 23 June 2022, at 6 pm. The Obama administration initiated a process of ‘normalization’ of … Read More
An Introduction to New Economics: Apply Now!
There is a growing consensus that the assumptions underlying neoclassical and neoliberal economic thought are at odds with life in the 21st century. New Economic Thinking offers an alternative view of the pressing issues of today — growth, environmental sustainability, climate change, decolonisation of developing economies, inequality and unfair distribution … Read More
The Men’s Cafe: Celebrating Men in their journey of Self-Discovery
Surplus Books, InsideOut, and the Institute for African Alternatives invite you to Surplus Radical Book Store for the fourth gathering in our series of Men’s cafes. The Men’s Café is a monthly event that provides participants with a platform to share ideas, strategies, and tactics for challenging and overcoming patriarchy … Read More
IFAA FORUM: “Washington Bullets” A conversation with Vijay Prashad
Surplus and the Institute for African Alternatives invite you to a discussion on ‘Washington Bullets’ with author Vijay Prashad. Vijay Prashad is an Internationally renowned Indian historian and journalist. He is an executive director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, Chief Editor of Leftward Books, and advisor to The Progressive … Read More
IFAA FORUM: “Too White to be Coloured. Too Coloured to be Black” Ismail Lagardien
The Institute for African Alternatives and Surplus Books is pleased to host a critical forum featuring writer, columnist, and political economist Ismail Lagardien. He has recently published a book entitled “Too White to be Coloured. Too Coloured to be Black: On the search for home and meaning” which is garnering … Read More
The Men’s Cafe: Can men mother their daughters?
Surplus Books, InsideOut and the Institute for African Alternatives invite you to Surplus Radical Books Store’s third gathering in our series of Men’s cafes. We are pleased and excited at the interest and traction that this initiative has garnered so far! The Men’s Café is a monthly event that provides … Read More
The Men’s Cafe: The Hidden Side of our HIS-story
Surplus Books, InsideOut, and the Institute for African Alternatives invite you to the Surplus Radical Books Store for the second gathering in our series of Men’s cafes. Our theme for this discussion is the ’Hidden side or our HIS-story.’ We focus on the question of why and how men resist … Read More
Climate Change in Zimbabwe: Towards a Recovery Plan
The Institute for African Alternatives in late 2021 commissioned African Ecofeminist and popular educator, Dr. Melania Chiponda to write a research paper that contributes to IFAA’s new Climate Justice program. Her paper is entitled ‘Climate Change and Vulnerable Communities in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe: Recommendations for a Just Recovery … Read More
IFAA Forum: Segregation, Inequality and Urban Development
Surplus Radical Books, The Reading Incubator Project and the Institute for African Alternatives invite you to join us for an in-person discussion with Researcher/Author Sara Dehkordi. Her new book Segregation, Inequality, and Urban Development: Forced Evictions and Criminalisation Practices in Present-Day South Africa, explores how the persistence of racialized and … Read More
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