News Event 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...
News Publication Socio Economic THE MUSINA-MAKHADO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS: FAILURES OF INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA Failures of inclusive development in South Africa. Policy brief 3 by Lisa Thompson and Hazel Shirinda July 2021
News Publication Socio Economic SIGNIFICANCE OF SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES (SEZs) AND THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH Geopolitical & economic drivers of the Musina-Makhado SEZ (MMSEZ). Policy brief by Lisa Thompson and Hazel Shirinda July 2021
News Democracy and Political Culture Fort Hare Autumn School Fort Hare Autumn School Advocacy The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is delighted to announce the Fort Hare Autumn School class of 2021 — the 9th class! Please join us in congratulating these 25 talented youth leaders.
News Publication Socio Economic CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT PEOPLE’S VOICES IN NATIONAL CLIMATE PLANS Civil society perspectives from Kenya, the Kyrgyz Republic, Morocco and the Philippines
News Socio Economic Gas investment and Powership Briefing Note June 2021 Under the guise of ‘Risk Mitigation’, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) is pushing 20-year electricity supply contracts for South Africa (SA) to import Liquified Natural Gas (LNG).
News Socio Economic WHAT IS THE ROLE OF SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH? The brief summarizes the concessions that are offered under the SEZ legislation – now applicable to eleven declared zones
News Event Democracy and Political Culture 'COVID-19 and intersecting challenges of land, economy and gender inequality in South Africa.' In response to the relentless global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, wealthy countries are rapidly rolling out and even 'stockpiling' vast quantities of vaccine doses.
News Democracy and Political Culture Re-imagining South Africa Re-imagining South Africa is a Cape Town TV (CTV) project on a series of weekly current affairs shows on CTV – made possible by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, South Africa Office. This second series builds on the first series of 12...
News Democracy and Political Culture Fort Hare Autumn School Call For Applications 2021. South Africa needs future leaders. Will you be one of them? The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Africa believes in the power of young people. It invites 25 aspiring and talented students from Eastern Cape Universities (Fort Hare, Rhodes, NMU and WSU) to the 2021 “Fort Hare Autumn School on Social...
