Some input on party manifestos and their engagement with just transition planning to help with your decision-making next week... or not 🙃dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-0…

Successive budget cuts over the past four years appear to have played a role in the IEC's ability to run Wednesday's general elections, but it was the longer and more complicated voting process that caused chaos at a large number of voting stations. brnw.ch/21wKgjh

1/1📢🚨| Call for Research: Towards an Inclusive & /Sustainable Future of Work(ers) in Eastern & Southern Africa. Grants of up to ZAR 1,000,000 to undertake original research 👉Call Details: bit.ly/4e3b3CD Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, Centre for Researching Education and Labour, International Labour Organization,IDRC | CRDI

Our new paper on gender just transition is out: wiredspace.wits.ac.za/items/d280643f…

INVITATION | You are invited to a Pro VC Seminar Series at Wits University. Topic: Solar socialism: Wind, sunlight, and the paradox of abundance Date: 01 August 2024 Time: 16:30 Venue: Solomon Mahlangu House Speaker: Professor David McDermott Hughes Register Here:

REMINDER ⏰ | You are invited to a Pro VC Seminar Series at Wits University. Topic: Solar socialism: Wind, sunlight, and the paradox of abundance Date: 01 August 2024 Time: 16:30 Venue: Solomon Mahlangu House Speaker: Professor David McDermott Hughes Register Here:

Join us for the launch of our latest Working Paper: “Towards a Gender-Just Transition: Principles and Perspectives from the Global South”. This insightful paper explores critical issues and innovative approaches for achieving a gender-equitable transition in the Global South. 🗓

Amitav Ghosh is going to be visiting Wits in 2 weeks! If you haven't read any of his books I recommend starting now - Imraan Valodia and I wrote an article about some of Ghosh's views on climate change theconversation.com/climate-change…

Video in which Renaldo Gouws and Roman Cabanac discuss how Roman can’t listen to Queen because Freddie Mercury was gay, and also that his death from AIDS is proof that God exists. Cc John Steenhuisen MP Helen Zille

I've read a lot about how the experience of Palestinians resonates with Black South African's experience of apartheid. What has struck me when looking at Israel are all the resonances with white South African society during apartheid . A 🧵 of a few resonances:

You are invited to a seminar hosted in partnership with the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research at Wits University. Title: Is Climate Change Ungovernable? Date: 09 October 2024 Time: 13:00 Venue: Richard Ward Building, Braamfontein Campus East RSVP Here:

Climate change: care for humans, other species and the natural environment is the key to a just transition - written with Julia Taylor and Sonia Phalatse theconversation.com/climate-change… via The Conversation Africa

Turffontien. Johannesburg. 2010 vs 2024.

🌍 Care and Climate: A Vital Nexus for a Just Transition 🌿 Southern Centre for Inequality Studies and IDRC | CRDI have joined forces to explore how care can shape effective climate policy. Together with feminist economists and climate scientists worldwide, the Care-Climate Nexus Working Group is

Climate change is hitting women the hardest. What to do about it – economists bit.ly/3OnGJHD 💻 Chiara Grazini and Giulio Guarini, University of Tuscia Università degli Studi della Tuscia #Climate #COP29

Call for Applications for 2025 MA Scholarships The Futures of Care: Community Responses to Extraction in South Africa and Canada Project is now accepting applications from MA students for the 2025 academic year. Closing 28 February Details: swop.org.za/call-for-appli…

‼️HAPPENING TODAY| Join the next Pro-VC Seminar Series with Prof. Anson Mackay as he explores the sustainability challenges facing ancient lakes during the Anthropocene. 🗓️ Date: 6 May 2025 🕐 Time: 13:00 💻 Online via Zoom 🔗 RSVP Here: tinyurl.com/yck5pthy #WitsForGood

REMINDER ⏰| You are invited to the Pro VC Seminar Series at Wits at Wits University. Title: Understanding the Climate Obligations of South Africa in Relation to Changing Policy in the USA 🗓️ Date: 13 August 2025 🕓 Time: 16:30 📍 Venue: Wits Club, Campus West (Hybrid Format)