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COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow : Protecting the climate , reinforcing justice

We want a sustainable and fair economic system characterized by low emissions, resource conservation and social inclusion.

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  • Socio Economic

A Just Transition in the Energy Sector

Both globally and in South Africa neoliberal policy voices and private sector interests continue to dominate debates on climate and energy policy.

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  • Socio Economic

SPII-FES Basic Income Grant (BIG) Web Seminar Series

The Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII), with the support of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Africa, is hosting a three-webinar series on the Basic Income Grant (BIG) on the 13, 20th and 22nd of October 2021,...

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  • Democracy and Political Culture

Killing the Nation: a queer analysis on violence Web Seminar

This is not another GBV talk. We have been here before, and the results have been the same. This time we take a different turn.

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  • Youth leadership programme
  • Democracy and Political Culture
  • Fort Hare Autumn School

FHAS Alumni Network Project Development and Planning Workshop

A responsive and engaged network of scholars committed to furthering the objectives and interests of the FHAS Alumni Network and those of FES.

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  • Democracy and Political Culture
  • Fort Hare Autumn School

Fort Hare Autumn School Module 2

What does Social Democracy have to offer today?

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  • Socio Economic

Water for the EMSEZ megaproject at all costs

A report into the absence of water governance in the Limpopo River Catchment.

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  • Democracy and Political Culture

Resurgence of Social Democracy in Germany

What is to be expected from a possible new coalition government?

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  • Socio Economic

Worker‐Controlled Cooperatives and Community‐Controlled Renewable Energy

The seminar will attempt to answer the question of whether it is possible to change social relations of production within the current capitalist economy, and explores whether community owned renewable energy is a potential step in this...

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  • Socio Economic

The Sixth Decent Standard of Living Colloquium

A critical reflection on the Socially Perceived Necessities (SPN) in attaining a Decent Standard of Living (DSL)

Latest Publications

Forging strong alliances

Adotey Buckman, David ; Essien, Lucy Abotare ; Meissner, Kathrin | Johannesburg : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Trade Union Competence Centre for Sub-Saharan Africa, [2024]

trade unions uniting across Sub-Saharan Africa and Germany

The quest for equitable multilateralism

Mbete, Sithembile | Johannesburg : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, [2024]

mapping South African interests in reforming the global order

Journalism and elections in Sub-Saharan Africa

Santos, Phillip | [Windhoek] : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, fesmedia Africa, August, 2024

locating the democratic deficit