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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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

The IFAA Public Forum hosts lectures, panels, and workshops on social crises and political developments. It democratizes ideas, nurtures solutions, and engages the public, especially youth with ‘experts’ and policymakers. In 2024, it aligned with core programs, enhancing digital outreach and partnerships, including Cape Town TV and Surplus Radical Books.…

The Institute for African Alternatives and Surplus Radical Bookshop are pleased to invite you to the local Book Launch of “STUNTED: Panopticism and embedded neoliberalism in African States’ Food & Agriculture Policies and the Struggle to End Hunger on the Continent,” edited by Charles Simane, with contributors Roland Ngam, Rachael…

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…

Featuring an Introduction by Director Bobby Rodwell Surplus Radical Bookshop and The Institute for African Alternatives invite you to a screening of the film ‘Word Down the Line’ by Bobby Rodwell ‘Word Down The Line’ is a poetic reflection of South Africa’s journey to democracy, told through the voices of…

The Institute for African Alternatives and Surplus Radical Books are pleased to invite you to a film screening of “Concerning Violence: Nine Scenes from Anti-Imperialistic Self-Defense” by Göran Hugo Olsson. This event forms part of our African Film Series in which we explore the life and times of important African…

The Institute for African Alternatives and Surplus Radical Bookshop are pleased to invite you to a film screening of “Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man” by Robin Shuffield. This event forms part of our African Film Series in which we explore the life and times of important African revolutionaries and events…

Other Side of the Track: by Clement Du Plessis Surplus Radical Books and the Institute for African Alternatives invite you to join us for a book launch of “Other Side of the Track”, by Clement du Plessis. This event happens on Monday 22nd May 2023, at 6 pm at Surplus…

This Forum is hosted by IFAA and Surplus Radical Books and will be held at the Ashley Kriel Hall, Community House, Salt River Cape Town, on Tuesday 9th May 2023 at 6 pm. Launched at the Rocklands Community Hall, in Cape Town on 20th August 1983, the United Democratic Front (UDF)…

Please don’t forget to join IFAA and Surplus Radical Books for our Chris Hani commemorative event on Monday 17th April 2023, at 5.30 pm, at the Cinema, Bertha House, 67-69 Main Road, Mowbray. The program consists of the screening of the SABC-made documentary ‘The Life and Times of Chris Hani’, followed…

The Institute for African Alternatives and Surplus Radical Books invites you to our Chris Hani commemorative event, on the 30th anniversary of his assassination. The evening includes the screening of the rare SABC-made documentary, ‘The Life and Times of Chris Hani,’ followed by two reflections from former Minister of Arts…