The Black Sash, its civil society partners and grant beneficiaries will be hosting a prayer service to take place St. George’s Cathedral, Capetown on Wednesday 12 October 2016 at 14h00 which will be followed by a Silent Stand on the steps until 15h30.
"We will pray for justice for thousands ...
Have you seen your municipality's Service Delivery Agreements (SDAs) with businesses it contracts? No idea what that is? Well, it often feels like that’s the way many political candidates want it to stay. You see, the Municipal Systems Act states SDAs must be made public [1], so that people like ...
What kinds of semiotic resources are used by the state, media and society, and how do these construct, reflect and conceal racial antagonisms?
Dr. Luis Escobedo is visiting the CDRA and will facilitate their next Social Change Practice Seminar on Thursday 14 July. Using theory and real life examples of ...
What do rising levels of protest and a depreciating economic and political climate mean for South Africa’s future? Is the Rainbow Nation at a turning point?
This seminar will present the ISS’ latest futures analysis on economics, politics and instability in South Africa up to 2024. Three new papers setting ...
Training the next generation of digital content creators in Cape Town and Johannesburg
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Only 18- to 25-year-olds can apply
Livity Africa is looking for 20 aspirant content creators to join their exciting four month training programme on livemag.co.za, based in Jo’burg and Cape Town.
What the programme is ...
Date: 27 May 2016
Venue: Cape Sun Hotel, Strand Street, Cape Town
Time: 10:30-13:30
The theme for the Racism Dialogue series is “Racial inequalities and racism in South Africa: history, mechanisms & ideas for change”. The Cape Town leg will focus on “History and mechanisms of racism”.
We are pleased ...
The Goedgedacht Forum and the Institute of Security Studies invite you to join Professor Pierre de Vos (Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance, Dept. of Public Law UCT) and David Lewis (Executive Director, Corruption Watch) in a discussion facilitated by Judith February (senior research associate, ISS).
Chapter 9 institutions ...
Today the Minister of State Security David Mahlobo delivered the State Security Agency (SSA) budget vote. It’s a long speech, with lots of things worth mentioning, but what does it actually tell us about the budget?
The SSA budget has grown from about R3 Billion in 2010/11 to R4.3 ...
Against the backdrop of deepening inequality, political upheaval, social instability and rising repression, the Right2Know campaign will again mark “Freedom Week” – 27 April (Freedom Day), 1 May (May Day) and 3 May (World Press Freedom Day) – in recognition of the struggles and victories that people across South Africa ...
Where: Livity Africa Office, Unit 1, Stockyard Building, 3 Ravenscraig Rd, Woodstock, Cape Town
When: Thursday, 14 April 2016
Time: 18:00 – 20:00
Attire: Smart casual
It being 40 years since the ‘76 Soweto Uprisings we ask, are we truly free as young South Africans? With unemployment still high and ...