Urban Crisis Seminar Series
Research Workshop Seminar Series – A multidisciplinary approach to the study of Urban Crisis: a focus on the City of Johannesburg
A Political Economy of Water Scarcity in Delmas, South Africa? SWOP Lunch Break
Hidden in the bowels of the Highveld is the coal that powers the mines, factories, industries and cities integral to the mineral-energy complex (MEC) political economy of SA.
The Coloniality of South Africa’s Food System and the Contemporary Food Crisis
It is widely recognised that South Africa’s food system is unhealthy, unjust, and unsustainable.
Tilda Nkomo
Her current research examines the relationship between artisanal mining and violence in Kwekwe from 1980 to 2022. Her dissertation seeks to examine the various dimensions of local (community) and national-level violence and how they manifest in the social and political activities of everyday Zimbabwean life.
Alternatives to Capitalism Series: A Contested End to Coal?
South Africa faces an energy crisis and a highly contested end to coal. At the heart of the debates are a number of questions.
A Just Transition from Coal publications
Dineo Skosana
Dineo Skosana is a senior researcher and coordinator of the coal mining project which investigates South Africa’s transition from coal to renewable energy at SWOP. In the project, she investigates mining-induced dispossession- which is central to rationalising amongst other reasons, why the transition from coal mining and burning is necessary.
The Failed Promise of Tenure Security – Customary Land Rights and Dispossession Conference
Twenty-five years after the Constitution was adopted the 18 million South Africans living in the former homelands have limited recognition of their tenure security. Instead, their customary and informal land rights are directly and systematically under threat from government laws, policies and practices that abrogate these rights. This conference seeks to inform and enrich the public and academic discourse about land tenure rights, ongoing threats to these rights, and the urgent need for state intervention to protect and enhance land tenure security in line with the Constitution.
Researching coal-affected communities
Coal mining and burning are a major driver of environmental inequality in South Africa. Suchinequality is evident in the poor’s exposure to toxic pollution, in the lack of universal access tocritical resources such as clean water and air, the land, clean, affordable energy, and theirvulnerability to the extreme weather events, such as droughts, heat waves, […]
Grave Matters presented by Dineo Skosana
The Forge, in Johannesburg, will be hosting a series on Land Redistribution in Our Lifetime this month. SWOP’s Dineo Skosana will be presenting on her ongoing research under the title Grave Matters on the 18th of May at 18h00.