Vision for 2030: Capturing our Imagination!

DATE: Thursday, 12 April 2012
TIME: 17h30 for 18h00
VENUE: LT 2B, Leslie Social Sciences Building,Upper Campus, UCT

SPEAKERS:

Prof Vivienne Taylor, member of National Planning Commission

Minister Trevor Manuel, Chairperson National Planning Commission

The Trust acknowledges the support of our donors, particularly the the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund and the partnership with the UCT Department of Sociology

Rights of Nature and Climate Politics

DATE: Friday 2 December 2011
TIME: 17h00 - 19h00
VENUE: Shepstone 1, Howard College, KZN

SPEAKER:

Pablo Solón is the former Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations, and prior to taking on various diplomatic postings with the Morales government in 2006,
he was an activist with social change movements based in La Paz. As UN
Ambassador, Solón spearheaded successful resolutions on the Human Right to Water, International Mother Earth Day, Harmony with Nature and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. He helped initiate the World People's Conference on
Climate Change in Cochabamba in April 2010, and in December was the sole voice of conscience opposing US and EU domination of the COP16 in Cancun.

Re-Visiting The Political Economy of Social Change in Contemporary South Africa

DATE: 14 and 15 June 2012
TIME: 12h00 for 13h00
VENUE:Liliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, Johannesburg

CONFERENCE:

Education for Liberation?

DATE: Tuesday, 10 November 2011
TIME: 18h00
VENUE: Aditorium 1, New Lecture Building, Church street, University of Fort Hare, East London

SPEAKER:

Enver Motala is a well known thought leader and scholar in the development sector and has written extensively on development matters as well as on the relationship between society and education.

This series is made possible by financial support from the Rosa Luxembourg Foundation.

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