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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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Colloquium – Solidarity then and now: African and Norwegian perspectives on scholarly collaboration and social justice amid geopolitical change

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New report launch: Urban conservation from the perspective of justice in Cape Town

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University of Cartagena International Academic Conference ‘Land, Life and Society Conference’ February 2026

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Call for applications: Postgraduate Diploma in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events Featured

Call for applications: Postgraduate Diploma in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies

The Postgraduate Diploma in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies is the only programme in the land and agrarian studies field offered at a South African University, and is accredited at NQF level 8. It offers: internationally recognised lecturers with decades of established expertise in poverty, land and agrarian studies; a solid understanding of key concepts in poverty, land, agrarian reform,…
PLAAS
January 8, 2025
Salt mining.
NELGA Masterclass: Mining, Extractivism, and Land Rights in Africa FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events Featured

NELGA Masterclass: Mining, Extractivism, and Land Rights in Africa

This masterclass forms part of the Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa lecture series, hosted by PLAAS. Thursday, 05 December 2024 10:00 - 13:00 SAST / CAT Register on: https://tinyurl.com/2s3tnzcc Since colonial times, the extraction and export of natural resources have defined Africa’s insertion and subordinate status in the global capitalist economy. After a period of relative stagnation,…
PLAAS
November 26, 2024
Public talk: Chinese ‘colonialism’, capital accumulation, and the Belt and Road Initiative FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events FeaturedUncategorized

Public talk: Chinese ‘colonialism’, capital accumulation, and the Belt and Road Initiative

Global capital accumulation involves international trade, a flow of profits, interest, and rent from investments, and wealth owned by a country’s investors in other countries. With the increased role of China in the global economy, some American elites have come to view China as the US’s “one peer competitor” and a threat to its hegemony. Their mobilisation in response to…
PLAAS
November 22, 2024
Watch: Living Landscapes in Action – a call for conservation to integrate social, spatial justice News & EventsNews & Events FeaturedUncategorized

Watch: Living Landscapes in Action – a call for conservation to integrate social, spatial justice

South Africa is ranked sixth in the world for its rich marine and terrestrial biodiversity. But this global accolade is characterised by deep inequalities, social and spatial injustices, and displacement of communities from their land in the name of conservation. The South African government and many other African states are signatories to the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The agreement  aims…
Deshnee Subramany
October 18, 2024
Avhatakali Sithagu
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PLAAS mourns the passing of beloved PhD student, Avhatakali Sithagu

Tribute from her supervisor, Prof Andries Du Toit It is hard to convey the acute sense of shock and loss I feel at the news of the untimely death of Taki Sithagu, whom I had the privilege of supervising as a PLAAS PhD student since 2020. Taki was one of our Covid-19 intake students, so we never met physically: our…
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October 15, 2024
Seminar: Land, Water, and Power – Associate Professor Cristián Alarcón-Ferrari FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events Featured

Seminar: Land, Water, and Power – Associate Professor Cristián Alarcón-Ferrari

Land, Water, and Power A Comparative and Critical Political Ecology of Rural Development in Times of Sustainability Crises Date: Tuesday, 15 October 2024 Time: 12:00-13:00 SAST Venue: Zoom Register: https://shorturl.at/MfxP5 Who defines what rural development is, and how can it be understood within the wider context of capitalist development, conflicts and agrarian questions? Global climate change and sustainability conversations include…
PLAAS
October 9, 2024
Double crisis for small scale food-system actors
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NELGA Masterclass: Food Systems and Land Governance

This masterclass forms part of the Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa lecture series, hosted by PLAAS. Date: 16 October 2024 Time: 10:00 to 13:00 SAST Venue: Zoom. Please register on this link: https://shorturl.at/YHKgs Globally, food systems are changing with profound impacts on Africa, and how land is used and governed. Beyond the orthodox ideas about increasing productivity,…
PLAAS
September 30, 2024
Deforestation
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NELGA Masterclass: Climate Change and Land Governance

This masterclass forms part of the Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa lecture series, hosted  by PLAAS. Date: 17 September 2024 Time: 10:00 to 13:00 Venue: Zoom. Please register on this link: https://shorturl.at/HZRtN “Land governance concerns the rules, processes and structures through which decisions are made about access to land and its use, the manner in which the…
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September 5, 2024
Women’s land struggles in post-apartheid SA: a fight with no end Home SliderNews & EventsNews & Events Featured

Women’s land struggles in post-apartheid SA: a fight with no end

After 30 years in a democratic country, South African women, like many others around the world, are still asking for tangible change in their lives. One of the biggest sectors where we see the clear disparity between women’s and men’s experiences is access to land and housing. Over 40% of homes in South Africa are run by women, and this…
Nkanyiso Gumede
September 2, 2024
PLAAS attends South Africa’s first Fisher Tribunal in Cape Town FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events Featured

PLAAS attends South Africa’s first Fisher Tribunal in Cape Town

Masifundise Development Trust and Coastal Links is hosting South Africa's first Fisher People Tribunal from 12 to 14 August 2024 at the Holy Trinity Church in Kalk Bay, Cape Town. Masifundise, a civil society organisation, has supported rural small-scale fishing (SSF) communities for the past 20 years, advocating for human rights and food sovereignty. Masifundise has been working with rural…
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August 12, 2024