Andrei van Wyk and Bettina Malcomess radiophonic performance at The Point of Order
Andrei van Wyk and Bettina Malcomess will be presenting their sonic practices on Friday 22nd at 17:30 as part of the Land Labour Life special edition of the ellipses […] journal. Please join us for a drink and the radiophonic performance.
Urban Crisis Series: South Africa’s Electricity Crisis by Zachary Klamann
South Africa’s Electricity Crisis Presenter: Zachary Klamann (University of Chicago)Discussant: Dr Christina Culwick Fatti (University of the Western Cape) Date: 31 July 2025Time: 1-3pmVenue: PARI offices and online Register to attend in-person here and online here Abstract Abstract: How are we to understand the current electricity crises in Johannesburg? Two forms of accessing electricity are destabilising the […]
Re-membering Fees Must Fall: Opening Session
Join us for the opening session of our Re-membering Fees Must Fall programme.
SWOP Lunch Break at the National Arts Festival
SWOP Lunch Break:
In Common …
An open discussion on the restitution of land and work.
Urban Crisis Series: Room for the poor in inner city Johannesburg? By Lauren Royston
Presented by Lauren Royston with discussant Alex Patrick on 29 May 2025.
Niren Tolsi in conversation with Tara Weinberg and Tasneem Essop
Niren Tolsi in conversation with Tara Weinberg and Tasneem Essop,
on race, class, identity and rainbow nationalism in South Africa and the cricket it plays.
In celebration of Writing Around the Wicket: Race, Class and history in South African Cricket, by Niren Tolsi.
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 18:00
Humanities Graduate Centre Atrium, East Campus, Wits, Johannesburg.
Wits Press launch of No Last Place to Rest
Wits University Press and and Exclusive Books will host a launch of Dineo Skosana’s No Last Place to Rest: Coal Mining and Dispossession in South Africa.
Urban Crisis Series: Acts on Decent and Insurgent Architectures by Thireshen Govender
Urban Crisis Series: Acts on Decent and Insurgent Architectures by Thireshen Govender
Urban Crisis Seminar Series 2025
In 2025, the series provides a collaborative space and dialogue to scholars, researchers, activists and policy makers, to share their ongoing work on the City of Johannesburg.
Book Launch – No Last Place to Rest: Coal Mining and Dispossession in South Africa by Dineo Skosana
The launch of Dineo Skosana’s No Last Place to Rest: Coal Mining and Dispossession in South Africa, hosted by The Society, Work and Politics Institute, with Wits University Press.