JOZi BOOK FAIR – MOVEMENT BUILDING NETWORKS & LITERATURE
Saturday, 31 August 2019, 9.00 – 11.00am, Museum Africa
All NETWORK Workshops focus on current issues and challenges within different sectors of society (labour, health, women etc) and draw on literature, films etc to facilitate debate and clarification. This is a platform to assist people to understand the world in which we live and act and collaboration between organisations and sectors. The public is encouraged to participate and can pre-register online or on the day. Click here
Network Workshops and Literature | Venues -Museum Africa | Facilitators/Speakers | |
| Workers organising at the point of production: Panel discussion & book launch by CWAO on Organising workers. | 3rd Floor East, Room 5 | Dale McKinley (ilrig), John Appolis, (Giwusa) & CWAO |
2. Health | What is the NHI and what does it mean for Community Health Workers? | Auditorium, Ground Floor | Tshepo Matoko (Gauteng Community Health Care Workers Forum) |
3. Legal | The role of collective class action in promoting activism or legalism? | Geology Theatre, Basement | Nomzamo Zondo (SERI) & Charles Abrahams (lawyer). |
4. Women, Work & Feminism | Working women’s lives, writing, dance and struggle: Khanya Feminist network in conversation with author, Pat Fahrenfort, on Spanner in the works | ARENA | Karla Witbooi, Doreen Mongale & Patricia Makhubu Moderator: tbc |
5. Environment | (1) Reclaimers & the Environment – towards a sustainable model of integration The Law and the struggle against evictions (2) | 4th Floor, West 1 | Linda Godfrey, (CSIR); Louise du Plessis LHR Land & Housing Unit Moderator: Eli Kodisang (ARO) |
6. Mining & Communities | Challenging the mining legacy and building organization in West Rand (Soweto, Riverlea, Kagiso) & ‘Waiting to Exhale’ & film doccie | 3rd Floor Exhibition Room 1 and Screen Room | Eric Motsau, Brown Motsau, David van Wyk (Bench Marks) & community. Moderator: Jeremy Daphne |
7. Activist Journalists | Media Coop (1) & Media & consumer Culture (2) | Boardroom | Siya Mviko, (Khanya) Mehita Iqani (Wits) Moderator: Oupa Lehulere |
8. FAITH | Faith and Literature – with students, youth & activists | Ground Floor, Main Exhibition | Mokesh Morar & Prof. Muhammed Haron |
9. Education | 25 years into democracy: Reviving a people’s vision for education | 3rd Floor, Exhibition Purple Rm 2 | Babalwa Dlanjwa (EE) |
10. Anti-xenophobia | Social cohesion, integration & organising immigrants | 2nd Floor, West Seminar | Chrispin Kashindi & Mafata Magodi (RWVs) |
11. IT Activists Network | IT and Youth in the Age of 4IR. A discussion on the impact of ICT and 4IR on youth in SA against the background of youth unemployment including among black graduates. | 3rd Floor, East, Room 4 | Linda Ngcaba and Lebo Masenya (both members of the Khanya IT Activist Network) |
