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PLAAS Webinar: Covid-19 exposes water scarcity as a governance problem News & EventsUncategorized

PLAAS Webinar: Covid-19 exposes water scarcity as a governance problem

Webinar: Covid-19 exposes water scarcity as a governance problem Thursday, 18 June 2020 at 13:00 Join PLAAS for the next webinar in this series. The world water crisis predates the coronavirus pandemic. This crisis manifests in many ways: nearly one billion people lack access to potable water and improved sanitation; millions of farmers are in need of small-scale infrastructure to…
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June 11, 2020
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PLAAS Webinar: Competition, Inequality and B-BBEE: Lessons from quota allocations in industrial fisheries News & EventsUncategorized

PLAAS Webinar: Competition, Inequality and B-BBEE: Lessons from quota allocations in industrial fisheries

Webinar: Competition, Inequality and B-BBEE: Lessons from quota allocations in industrial fisheries Thursday, 11 June 2020 at 13:00 Join PLAAS for a webinar on “Competition, Inequality and B-BBEE: Lessons from quota allocations in industrial fisheries” featuring Prof Stefano Ponte (Centre for Business and Development Studies, Copenhagen Business School) and Dr. Thando Vilakazi (Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University…
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June 4, 2020
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Job creation and land reform in a post-covid SA News & Events

Job creation and land reform in a post-covid SA

Employment-intensive land redistribution could hold the key to agrarian reform. Against the background of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has cast South Africa’s social inequalities into stark relief, a ground-breaking new study has raised the hope that small-scale farming can play a significant role in tackling the challenges of unemployment and food security. Commissioned by the Capacity Building Programme for Employment…
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June 3, 2020
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PLAAS Webinar: How to change the food system–perspectives from consumer cooperatives News & EventsUncategorized

PLAAS Webinar: How to change the food system–perspectives from consumer cooperatives

Webinar: How to change the food system–perspectives from consumer cooperatives Thursday, 4 June 2020 at 13:00 The power of supermarkets in South Africa’s food system means the value from high consumer prices does not benefit farmers or farmworkers. Neither food producers nor consumers benefit from this system. This is not unique as the same trend characterises most markets across Europe.…
PLAAS
June 2, 2020
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PLAAS Webinar: African land rights in the time of the coronavirus News & EventsUncategorized

PLAAS Webinar: African land rights in the time of the coronavirus

Webinar: African land rights in the time of the coronavirus Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 13:00 Join PLAAS for the next webinar in this series, “African land rights in the time of the coronavirus: Perspectives from West, East and Southern Africa”. The Covid 19 pandemic has rapidly expanded from a public health to a food and livelihood crisis, exposing the…
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May 25, 2020
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PLAAS Webinar: Democratising South Africa’s food system in and beyond the crisis News & EventsUncategorized

PLAAS Webinar: Democratising South Africa’s food system in and beyond the crisis

Democratising South Africa’s food system in and beyond the crisis Thursday, 21 May 2020 at 13:00 Join PLAAS for the next webinar in this series. This webinar, “Democratising South Africa’s food system in and beyond the crisis”, explores corporate domination in the South African food system. Our food system regularly fails to provide affordable nutritious food to the majority of…
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May 16, 2020
PLAAS Webinar: Subjects and citizens in the time of Covid-19 News & EventsUncategorized

PLAAS Webinar: Subjects and citizens in the time of Covid-19

Webinar: Subjects and citizens in the time of Covid-19 Thursday, 14 May 2020 at 13:00 Join PLAAS for the next webinar in this series. This webinar, “Subjects and citizens in the time of Covid-19”, features Phillan Zamchiya (Senior Researcher, PLAAS, University of the Western Cape), Fiona Anciano (Associate Professor, Dept of Political Studies, University of the Western Cape), and Thapelo…
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May 8, 2020
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PLAAS Webinar: Covid-19’s effect on farm workers in South Africa News & Events

PLAAS Webinar: Covid-19’s effect on farm workers in South Africa

Webinar: Covid-19’s effect on farm workers in South Africa When: Thursday, 7 May 2020 at 13:00 Join PLAAS for a webinar on “Covid-19’s effect on farm workers in South Africa” featuring Colette Solomon (co-director, Women on Farms Project), Motlanalo Lebepe (director, Nkuzi Development Association), and Ryno Filander (president, CSAAWU). The speakers will give perspective on how farm workers have been…
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April 30, 2020
PLAAS Webinar: Covid-19: Impact on small-scale fisheries in South Africa and beyond News & EventsUncategorized

PLAAS Webinar: Covid-19: Impact on small-scale fisheries in South Africa and beyond

Webinar: Covid-19: Impact on small-scale fisheries in South Africa and beyond When: Thursday, 30 April 2020 at 13:00 Join PLAAS for a webinar on “Covid-19: Impact on small-scale fisheries in South Africa and beyond” featuring Charles America (artisanal fisher and activist from Ocean View), Rovina Europa (Coastal Links, Arniston), and Naseegh Jaffer (director, Masifundise Development Trust). The speakers will give perspective…
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April 24, 2020
PLAAS Webinar: Covid-19: What’s happening in our informal economy? News & Events

PLAAS Webinar: Covid-19: What’s happening in our informal economy?

Webinar: Covid-19: What's happening in our informal economy? When: Thursday, 23 April 2020 at 13:00 Join PLAAS for the next webinar in this series on “Covid-19: What's happening in our informal economy?” featuring Luyanda Hlatswayo (African Reclaimers Organisation), Lynette Maart (Black Sash South Africa) and Prof Imraan Valodia (Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of Witwatersrand). The speakers will…
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April 21, 2020