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IFAA Forum: A Social Compact in South Africa: Can it be achieved?

Inviting you to:A Social Compact in South Africa: Can it achieved? Online Panel Discussion Hosted by IFAA Date and Time: Thursday 26th January, 2025, 4 pm Zoom Registration: https://shorturl.at/45mi7 The Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA) will host an online panel discussion titled “A Social Compact in South Africa: Can it…
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Announcing The Green Roadshow – Repurpose & Reclaim

This Youth Month, we’re turning waste into wealth—and you’re invited! Join IFAA and weRagency for The Green Roadshow, a hands-on, inspiring morning where we’ll explore how to transform everyday organic waste into resources that nourish our communities and planet. 📍 Kensington Community Centre, Factreton Avenue📅 Friday, 20 June 2025🕤 09:30 – 13:00 Get ready for live composting…
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IFAA FORUM: THE LESSONS FROM STILFONTEIN

INVITATION TO AN ONLINE PANEL DISCUSSIONLessons from the Stilfontein Mining Crisis Hosted by the Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA)Date: 26th March 2025Platform: Register for Zoom at: https://shorturl.at/Cs36V The Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA) invites you to an engaging online panel discussion examining the pressing issues raised by the Stilfontein Mining…
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IFAA FORUM FILM SCREENING: CAPTURING WATER

Screening & Panel Discussion: Capturing Water Join us for a special screening of Capturing Water at Bertha House Bioscope in Mowbray, Cape Town, co-hosted by the Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA). This powerful documentary by Rehad Desai explores the struggles of activists fighting for water justice in Cape Town. Following…
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‘A day of reflection on the Refugee/Migrant experience’

Join Us for A Day of Reflection on the Refugee/Migrant Experience Date: 30th November 2024Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pmVenue: Community House, 41 Salt River Rd, Salt River, Cape Town In light of recent events, including the controversial police operations sealing off illegal underground mines and the food poisoning scare…
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IFAA BOOK LAUNCH: ‘The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism. Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions’

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…
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The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism: Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions (Free Download)

Calling for a Justice-Centred approach to Sustainability “The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism” dives into a critical, thought-provoking issue: how today’s global push for environmental sustainability, instead of reversing colonial and capitalist injustices, often intensifies them. Edited by Miriam Lang, Mary Ann Manahan, and Breno Bringel, the book asserts that the…
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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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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: Book Launch of ‘Stunted’

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…
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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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IFAA Forum: Heritage Month Film Screening of Word Down the Line

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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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