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Seminar: Decolonising tourism development at Victoria Falls: a new evolutionary economic geography perspective with Dr Mfundo Mlilo

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WEBINAR: Aligning customary land and water tenure reform in South Africa: lessons from Africa FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events FeaturedUncategorized

WEBINAR: Aligning customary land and water tenure reform in South Africa: lessons from Africa

WEBINAR: Aligning customary land and water tenure reform in South Africa: lessons from Africa THURSDAY 11 November 2021 from 13:00 – 14:00 SAST/CAT PLAAS invites you to a webinar titled ‘Aligning customary land and water tenure reform in South Africa: lessons from Africa’ Whereas customary land tenure in South Africa and elsewhere in Africa receives widescale policy, action and scholarly…
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November 9, 2021
Community Declaration on Land Rights: The rural women of Nyimba District, Zambia FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events FeaturedUncategorized

Community Declaration on Land Rights: The rural women of Nyimba District, Zambia

Community Declaration on Land Rights to The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources; Ministry of Community Development and the Department of Resettlement – Office of the Vice President; and His Royal Highness, Chief NdakeIntroduction This community declaration was conceived when we, the community members of Nyimba, Zambia, with support from Zambia Land Alliance (ZLA) and Institute for Poverty, Land and…
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November 5, 2021
Rural Women of Chipinge Policy Declaration on Land Rights FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events FeaturedUncategorized

Rural Women of Chipinge Policy Declaration on Land Rights

Rural Women of Chipinge Policy Declaration on Land Rights To the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, Climate and Rural ResettlementIntroduction The community declaration was conceived when, we the Rural Women of Chipinge in Zimbabwe with support from Platform for Youth and Community Development (PYCD) and Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (
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November 5, 2021
PODCAST Ep. 9: Women, fish and COVID impacts on African food systems Agrarian PoliticsFeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events Featured

PODCAST Ep. 9: Women, fish and COVID impacts on African food systems

COVID regulations have affected the livelihoods of small-scale fishers across Africa - but in different ways. While many have lost out, the effects vary between classes of boat owners, crew, processors, and traders - and each of these roles is highly gendered, with women playing dominant roles in fish processing and fish trade. Restrictions on mobility, cross-border trade and the…
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October 15, 2021
PODCAST Ep. 8: Social reproduction, capitalist exploitation and the surplus population Agrarian PoliticsFeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events Featured

PODCAST Ep. 8: Social reproduction, capitalist exploitation and the surplus population

Social reproduction has in recent years taken its rightful place at the very centre of debates and analysis about the current interlocking crises, including COVID-19, economic inequalities and failed neoliberal developmentalism. A key element in the reproduction of the capitalist system, social reproduction is undertaken by three major institutions, namely the household, the state and the markets. In this episode,…
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October 15, 2021
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PLAAS VACANCIES: Communications Manager, 2 X Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Campaign and Project Manager FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events FeaturedUncategorized

PLAAS VACANCIES: Communications Manager, 2 X Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Campaign and Project Manager

The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape is currently seeking a: Communications Manager, 2 X Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Campaign and Project Manager 2 X Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (1-year contract) This is a call for doctoral graduates to apply for two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at PLAAS, UWC. The fellowships are part…
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September 28, 2021
WEBINAR: Rebuilding Food Systems after Covid-19 and Unrest in South Africa FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events FeaturedUncategorized

WEBINAR: Rebuilding Food Systems after Covid-19 and Unrest in South Africa

WEBINAR: A Just Recovery: Rebuilding Food Systems after Covid-19 and Unrest in South Africa THURSDAY 30 September 2021 from 13:00 – 14:00 SAST/CAT PLAAS invites you to a webinar titled ‘A Just Recovery: Rebuilding Food Systems after Covid-19 and Unrest in South Africa’ The speakers include: Ayanda Madlala, Association for Rural Advancement Dudu Ngcobo, a street trader in Pietermaritzburg Makhanana…
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September 23, 2021
ONLINE SEMINAR: What is the place of production in social reproduction theory? FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events FeaturedUncategorized

ONLINE SEMINAR: What is the place of production in social reproduction theory?

INVITATION: What is the place of production in social reproduction theory? TUESDAY 14th September 2021 from 13:00 SAST/CAT The University of the Western Cape’s Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) in partnership with the University of Ghana invites you to an online seminar: “What is the place of production in social reproduction theory?” The speakers include: Professor Ben…
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September 8, 2021
INVITATION: Critical Dialogues on Equitable Access to Land in South Africa FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events FeaturedPublic Dialogues on Equitable Access to LandUncategorized

INVITATION: Critical Dialogues on Equitable Access to Land in South Africa

Broadening Access to Land | PLAAS / Ndifuna Ukwazi Online Public Dialogue THURSDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 from 13:00 – 15:00 SAST/CAT PLAAS and Ndifuna Ukwazi would like to invite you to an online public dialogue that will discuss: ‘Broadening access to land in South Africa: assessing current realities and prospects'This webinar will examine the performance of post-apartheid land reform in…
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September 2, 2021
WEBINAR: Blue finance – a red herring for coastal women – myths, gaps, and challenges in starting a small business? FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events FeaturedUncategorized

WEBINAR: Blue finance – a red herring for coastal women – myths, gaps, and challenges in starting a small business?

WEBINAR: Blue finance - a red herring for coastal women - myths, gaps, and challenges in starting a small business? THURSDAY 26th August 2021  from 13:00 SAST/CAT PLAAS invites you to a webinar titled ‘Blue finance - a red herring for coastal women - myths, gaps, and challenges in starting a small business?’ The speakers include: Rosie Sisola coastal woman…
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August 20, 2021