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The Institute for African Alternatives and The Institute for Social Development at the University of the Western Cape, are proud to invite you to attend the annual Ben Turok Memorial Lecture. Please see the attached invitation and registration link. The 4th Ben Turok Memorial Lecture will be delivered in Cape Town…

Corruption v democracy – Part three The 2024 elections By David Lewis In a three-part analysis, DAVID LEWIS unpacks issues of corruption and governance in South Africa – and more widely across the world. He shows how state capture undermined democracy – and how South Africa’s democratic institutions, despite all…

Corruption v democracy – Part two Democratic institutions fight back By David Lewis In a three-part analysis, DAVID LEWIS unpacks issues of corruption and governance in South Africa – and more widely across the world. He shows how state capture undermined democracy – and how South Africa’s democratic institutions, despite…

Corruption v democracy Part 1 Capturing the South African state By David Lewis n a three-part analysis, DAVID LEWIS unpacks issues of corruption and governance in South Africa – and more widely across the world. He shows how state capture undermined democracy – and how South Africa’s democratic institutions, despite…

Join us for the online launch of “The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism” on Monday, 25th November 2024, at 3 pm SAST (UTC+2). This essential new book reveals how the global push for sustainability often perpetuates colonial exploitation under a “green” guise, as wealthier nations extract critical resources from the Global…

Download The Living Rights Festival Programme at this link.…

Award=winning filmmaker Nadine Cloete presents her documentary Action Kommandant at the Liviing Rights Festival…

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.…

Dateline Africa A focus on the food-security crisis By Martin Nicol 1 June 2023 to 30 September 2024 This Special Issue of New Agenda focuses on food systems in Africa amid the current and worsening food security crisis resulting from a multiplicity of causes, some of which stem from the…

Affordable, accessible, healthy Urban consumer knowledge and the use of indigenous food By Nokuthula Vilakazi For many residents in peri-urban areas, the price of essential healthy food items in supermarkets is unaffordable. At the same time, the more affordable informal markets tend to offer highly processed foods with low nutritional…

Big data in the food supply chain The technological, organisational and environmental factors that play a role By Osden Jokonya and Jade Taff The fourth industrial revolution has redesigned the future of food production and transformed the food supply chain. This advancement and evolution of digitalisation has enabled organisations to…

Food systems transformation in Zimbabwe Effectiveness of participatory monitoring and evaluation By Joseph Tinarwo, Vain D.B Jarbandhan and Aaram Gwiz The usefulness of participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) in food systems transformation in Africa remains poorly explored. JOSEPH TINARWO, VAIN JARBANDHAN and AARAM GWIZA explain how PM&E is designed to…

Participatory selection and ranking of farm-level sustainability indicators Evidence from the horticulture production system of Eritrea By Bereket T. Haile, Andrew J. Dougill and Abel Ramoelo Measuring agricultural sustainability requires operational definitions and customised indicators, which should ideally be tailored to each country’s context and reflect the full participation of…

Gender and food systems in six African countries Aligning research, policies and research funding By Elizabeth Mkandawire, Andrea Du Toit, Colleta Gandidzanwa, Eness Paidamoyo Mutsvangwa-Sammie, Esley van der Berg, Hanan Abdallah Mahmoud Abusbaitan, Anwar Mousa Mohammad Eyadat, James Shabiti Mukombwe, Kaboni Whitney Gondwe, Anne Dressel Research plays a fundamental role…

Reparative futurities South African food production and the climate crisis By Matthew Wingfield The industrialised food system has both contributed to and will in turn be affected by the climate crisis. In South Africa, as is true globally, the way in which food production has intersected with processes of industrialisation…