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Dear Colleagues and Members of the Public

You are cordially invited to attend the UJ Sociology, Anthropology & Development Studies’ Wednesday Seminar. The weekly seminar has been hosted by the Department of Sociology since 2000. It is supported by the UJ Faculty of Humanities and the UJ Department of Anthropology & Development Studies. For the time being, seminars are held online at 15h00 every Wednesday afternoon during term time, unless otherwise indicated. Prospective presenters are encouraged to contact Prof David du Toit at daviddt@uj.ac.za. Please find the current programme below. Those who wish to be added to the mailing list are welcome to send a request to daviddt@uj.ac.za.

Term 1: Critical public intellectuals assess 30 years of South African progress and regress

14 Feb: Ben Cashdan and Nolwazi Tusini (The Big Debate) 鈥淔raming Tough Conversations about South Africa鈥檚 Democracy: The role of the media鈥�. Discussant Prof Ylva Rodny-Gumede (UJ)

21 Feb: Mametlwe Sebei (GIWUSA and UNISA) and Newton Masuku (THORN) 鈥� 鈥淒id Trade Unions choose Class Snuggle over Class Struggle since 1994?鈥�

28 Feb: Na-eem Jeenah (Mapungubwe Institute) and Roshan Dadoo (BDS-SA) 鈥� 鈥淚nternationalism and Geopolitics Before and After SA-Palestine Solidarity鈥�

6 Mar: Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant (Open Secrets) 鈥� 鈥淐limate and Energy Crises鈥�

13 Mar (TBC): NAME, 鈥淟essons of Treatment Advocacy, from AIDS to Covid-19鈥� 鈥� and NAME 鈥� 鈥淭he Youth Then and Now鈥�

20 Mar: Moeletsi Mbeki 鈥� 鈥淓conomic Justice Opportunities Missed鈥� 鈥� and Lebohang Pheko (The Trade Collective) 鈥� 鈥淔ractious International Economic Relations鈥�

27 Mar: 鈥淔rom Revolution to 鈥楧evelopment鈥� and Back鈥� 鈥� Mercia Andrews (Trust for Community Outreach and Education), Brian Ashely and Dominic Brown (Alternative Information and Development Centre)

3 Apr: Dale Mckinley (International Labour Research and Information Group) 鈥� 鈥淓volving Electoral Fortunes鈥� 鈥� and Xolani Dube (Xubera Institute) 鈥� 鈥淧atrimonialism, Repression and Ethnicity in KwaZulu-Natal鈥�.

Term 3: Work, Life-Making, and the Everyday

17 July: Dr. Simbarashe Gukurume (Sol Plaatjie 欧美福利100000) Negotiating Livelihoods in Pandemic Times: Experiences of Urban Youth in the Informal Economy in Zimbabwe.

25 July: Dr Mbuso Nkosi (Wits 欧美福利100000) These Potatoes Look Like Humans!

31 July: Dr Nonzuzo Mbokazi (欧美福利100000 of Cape Town) 鈥淜usinda kwehlela鈥�: The collision of work faced by low income employed mothers in urban and rural Kwa-Zulu Natal.

7 August: Dr Georges Macaire Eyenga (Wiser, Wits 欧美福利100000) The invention of the “Kumba age” : How did people鈥檚 age become so fluid in Cameroon?

14 August: Dr Lauren Stuart (Wits 欧美福利100000) The Social Value of Work: A Case Study of Public Employment Programmes in Orange Farm, South Africa.

21 August: Dr Doseline W. Kiguru (Bristol), Dr Peter Lockwood (Manchester 欧美福利100000) & Prof Joost Fontein (UJ) Nairobi Becoming: Security, Uncertainty, Contingency.

Term 4: 4IR, Civil Society, Women Entrepreneurship & Resilience

18 September: Dr Paddington Mutekwe (UJ) Protest, mobilisation and demobilisation: A case study of civil society organisations in Zimbabwe.

2 October: Dr Duduzile Ndlovu (UJ) Violence, Migration & Memory: Gendered narratives of national (non) belonging in art.

9 October: Dr Jacob Tagarirofa (UJ) 4IR and food security in sub-Saharan Africa: Gendered materialities of agricultural innovation in Zimbabwe & South Africa.

16 October: Dr Emmanuel Rowlands (欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg) Interrogating the resilience of women entrepreneurs in the post-COVID-19 and AI era: A comparative analysis of South Africa, Kenya & Nigeria – Outcome of the Pilot study.