Critical conversations and events shaping the global development landscape
The Seminar will reflect on the implications of the 17th BRICS+ Summit Declaration for Global South & Africa. The Seminar will give an overview of the resolutions and then reflect on the issues of intra-BRICS+ trade, investment, food security, cross border payments and mobilization of social movements in addressing imbalances in international relations with respect to the Global South and Africa.
Hunger Hearing at UWC: testimonies on student hunger and action for food justice — 20 Aug 2025, Library Auditorium.
Despite South Africa’s constitutional commitment to the right to food and nutrition and a decade of national policy efforts under the National Policy on Food and Nutrition Security, food insecurity, malnutrition, and diet-related non-communicable diseases remain alarmingly high.
The new U.S. administration has taken swift steps to drastically reshape immigration policy by banning asylum, enforcing mass deportations, and challenging fundamental constitutional rights such as birthright citizenship.
ISD Seminar: Prof. Rosa Cordillera A. Castillo
Join ISD and PSC UWC for a seminar with Prof. Stephen Devereux on how food is used as a weapon of war—11 Sept 2024, UWC Library Auditorium
Join ISD & UWC School of Government for a seminar with Dr. Ahmed Hassan on the crisis in Sudan — 21 Aug 2024, 13h30–15h30.
Understanding contemporary Palestinian struggles and the right to self-determination
Dr Ina Conradie has worked and taught in the field of development studies and social work. Dance on the Red-Brown Earth is her debut novel.