The Institute for African Alternatives invites you to a seminar on Energy Options for South Africa to be presented by Mr Viv Crone on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at 2:30 pm Zoom Registration: https://cutt.ly/K1PwZi3 Our Presenter: Viv Crone is an electrical engineer with 50 years of experience in high-technology product design … 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 Westâs new colonial escapades The annual Ben Turok Memorial Lecture marks the anniversary of the death of IFAAâs 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 âNiger Delta Commandâ, 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
IFAA Forum: India at 75: Division and Repression
Unpacking the unfolding of the current social and political crisis in India
IFAA Forum: Book Launch of ‘Shoot to Kill: Police and Power in South Africa
Surplus Books, Inkani Books, The Tri-Continental Institute for Social Research, and The Institute for African Alternatives, invite you to the launch of the riveting new book by Christopher McMichael Shoot to Kill: Police and Power in South Africa. Â From the slave-driverâs whip in the 18th century Cape Colony to the … 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 âToo White to be Coloured. Too Coloured to be Black: On the search for home and meaningâ 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 Menâs cafes. We are pleased and excited at the interest and traction that this initiative has garnered so far! The Menâs CafĂ© 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 Menâs cafes. Our theme for this discussion is the âHidden side or our HIS-story.â We focus on the question of why and how men resist … Read More
Reflections on Sport and Physical Culture in South African Society
The Surplus Books Reading Incubator Project and The Institute for African Alternatives invite you to join us for this unique panel discussion entitled âReflections on Sport and Physical Culture in South African Societyâ. This session will be led by Dr. Francois Cleophas, a Sports and Social Historian based at the … Read More
Happy Birthday Freedom Charter, Happy Birthday, Ben Turok!
Today (26 June) South Africa marks the 66th anniversary of the Congress of the People where thousands gathered to endorse the Freedom Charter. But it is of particular significance to those who also remember the man who wrote its economic clauses, the late Professor Ben Turok, whose birthday happens to … Read More
IFAA pays tribute to Professor Vishnu Padayachee
ââŠ[W]e will miss your boundless energy, your strength, your wisdom, your uncompromising intellectual incisiveness in the interests of the fundamental social transformation of our country; in the interests of the masses and not an elite.â These are the words of world-renowned economist and intellectual, Professor Vishnu Padayachee, who passed away … Read More
IFAA pays tribute to Cecyl Esau
By Moira Levy The Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA) joins many South Africans in mourning the passing of Cecyl Esau, who will be remembered for his work as an underground activist in Umkonto we Sizwe and a community organiser within the United Democratic Front (UDF). His interest in politics emerged … Read More
IFAA Open Discussion Forum: The Revised Budget and the struggle for educational access
Equality in access to education is critical to the socio-economic transformation of our country and a cornerstone of the South African constitution. Yet, since the dawn of democracy, our government has consistently presented budgets that slash funding for schools and universities. It is for this reason that students took to … Read More
Kudos to our Senior Researcher Hibist Kassa
IFAA would like to congratulate our senior researcher, Dr Hibist Kassa, on the publication of her chapter âThe Crisis of Social Reproduction in Petty Commodity Production and Large-scale Mining: A Southern Perspective on Gender Inequalityâ in the new collection Inequality Studies from the Global South, Routledge (2020). For more information … Read More
IFAA Project Assistant
IFAA seeks to appoint a Project Assistant. The intern will be expected to work 3 days a week, usually from the IFAA offices in Community House in Salt River, but from home (online) during Covid-19 related Lockdowns. Requirements Comfortable with using digital media platforms especially Twitter and Facebook Undergraduate degree … Read More
IFAA Statement on the Resignation of President Jacob Zuma
IFAA Statement Re: Resignation by President Zuma The Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA) welcomes the resignation of President Jacob Zuma and believes it is long overdue. The public and private life of Jacob Zuma since the Schabir Shaik trial has been filled with misconduct and dubious practices. His record as … Read More