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INVITE | Avian Encounters: Bird/Human Relations: New Seminar Series launching on July 27

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 13 July, 2026 - 09:18

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Monday, 26 October, 2026 - 17:00

You are warmly invited to participate in a new seminar series

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Justice, Climate and Extraction: Rethinking Global Justice from the South

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 25 February, 2026 - 10:56

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Thursday, 26 February, 2026 - 08:00

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INVITE | Workshop on Currencies, Colonies Economies and the Making of the South African State | 27 November 2025

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 20 November, 2025 - 13:17

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Thursday, 27 November, 2025 - 13:00

CURRENCIES, COLONIES ECONOMIES AND THE MAKING OF THE SOUTH AFRICA

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The Panizzi Lectures 2025 delivered by Professor Isabel Hofmeyr | British Library and ONLINE

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 17 October, 2025 - 08:56

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Monday, 3 November, 2025 - 18:30

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Under Pressure : Botanical Hauntings Exhibition

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 20 October, 2025 - 10:39

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Saturday, 1 November, 2025 - 17:00

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Trust Techbros Series | Crypto in Africa

Submitted by Laura Phillips on 1 October, 2025 - 22:40

Public Events

Wednesday, 8 October, 2025 - 18:00

WISER's Trust Project invites you to an online panel discussion:

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WiSER Lunchtime Screening and Discussion : The Quiet Heroes of Sudan | 30 September | 12:00-14:00

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 12 September, 2025 - 05:45

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Tuesday, 30 September, 2025 - 12:00

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INVITE : Water Conversations by Keith Breckenridge and David Everatt | 25 Sept | 1pm

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 18 September, 2025 - 20:20

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Thursday, 25 September, 2025 - 13:00

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INVITE | Water Conversations by Kevin Harding and Simone Dahms-Verster | 28 Aug | 1pm

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 22 August, 2025 - 08:43

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Thursday, 28 August, 2025 - 13:00

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Interdisciplinary Conversations on Water series | Upcoming Sessions

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 30 April, 2025 - 12:06

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Thursday, 26 June, 2025 - 17:00

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‘Plant Lives: Critical Plant Humanities – Conversations from the Global South’

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 27 March, 2025 - 07:47

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Monday, 2 June, 2025 - 17:00

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Plant Lives by Nokwanda Makunga on Current perspectives on an emerging formal natural products sector in South Africa | 26 May

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 19 May, 2025 - 12:21

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Monday, 26 May, 2025 - 16:00

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Plant Lives - Riley Snorton On the Resurgence of Pioneer Species

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 12 May, 2025 - 14:56

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Monday, 19 May, 2025 - 16:00

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Plant Lives - Luvuyo Wotshela on Existing with the Multi-purpose Plant

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 5 May, 2025 - 10:31

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Monday, 12 May, 2025 - 16:00

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Plant Lives - Luvuyo Wotshela on Existing with the Multi-purpose Plant | 12 May | 4pm (Jhb time)

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 6 May, 2025 - 10:14

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Monday, 12 May, 2025 - 16:00

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Techbros and Big Daddies

Submitted by Laura Phillips on 1 May, 2025 - 15:08

Public Events

Thursday, 8 May, 2025 - 18:00

WiSER’s Trust Project invites you to an online panel discu

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INVITE | Plant Lives - Stephané Conradie on Transferred matter | 14 April | 4pm

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 7 April, 2025 - 09:55

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Monday, 14 April, 2025 - 16:00

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Plant Lives - Haripriya Ranganon on Recombinant Landscapes and Biogeographical Knowledges

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 31 March, 2025 - 08:06

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Monday, 7 April, 2025 - 16:00

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Interdisciplinary conversations on Water | Water Extraction | 27 March | 1pm | WiSER Seminar room

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 25 March, 2025 - 15:23

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Thursday, 27 March, 2025 - 13:00

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Plant Lives - Ruth Sacks on Behind Johannesburg: Plants and Possible Futures

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 11 March, 2025 - 07:07

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Monday, 17 March, 2025 - 16:00

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What is South African about the Paypal Mafia?

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 27 February, 2025 - 17:12

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Thursday, 6 March, 2025 - 18:00

WISER's Trus

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Interdisciplinary conversations on water

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 2 March, 2025 - 17:24

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Thursday, 6 March, 2025 - 00:00

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Plant Lives - Molemo Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho on Return and Recovery in the land practices of Bakoni, a soundscape

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 2 March, 2025 - 17:41

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Monday, 3 March, 2025 - 16:00

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Apartheid after South Africa

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 21 February, 2025 - 14:07

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Tuesday, 25 February, 2025 - 18:00

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REMINDER | Plant Lives - Banu Subramaniam on Queering Global Flora | 24 Feb | 4pm (Johannesburg time)

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 24 February, 2025 - 11:13

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Monday, 24 February, 2025 - 16:00

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Queering Global Flora: Plant Worlds and the Afterlives of Empire

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 18 February, 2025 - 09:28

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Monday, 24 February, 2025 - 16:00

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Reading and Discussion with Jacqueline Rose | 14 Feb | 12 noon

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 29 January, 2025 - 09:02

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Friday, 14 February, 2025 - 13:30

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The Roles of the Ministry of Finance in the Digital Era

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 22 November, 2024 - 09:24

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Wednesday, 20 November, 2024 - 11:00

Keith Breckenridge spoke to

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Between Authoritarianism and Big Tech : How can journalists help to rebuild trust?

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 12 November, 2024 - 11:37

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Tuesday, 19 November, 2024 - 11:00

The Wits Centre for Journalism and WISER invite you to join us as we host

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Beyond the apocalypse | Full Programme

Submitted by Laura Phillips on 24 May, 2024 - 12:50

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Wednesday, 9 October, 2024 - 18:00

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IS CLIMATE CHANGE UNGOVERNABLE? | Paul N Edwards

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 3 October, 2024 - 09:27

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Wednesday, 9 October, 2024 - 13:00

WISER and the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Climate, Sustainability and I

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After the Storms — Academic Freedom and Leadership in Higher Education | 8 October | 5:30 for 6pm | HYBRID

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 27 September, 2024 - 08:44

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Tuesday, 8 October, 2024 - 18:00

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Book Launch : Apartheid Remains

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 14 July, 2024 - 10:52

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Tuesday, 23 July, 2024 - 18:00

WiSER and UKZN Press invite you to a hybrid book launch and discussion of

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Southern African Network for Economic History - Workshop

Submitted by Laura Phillips on 26 June, 2024 - 14:45

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Monday, 8 July, 2024 - 09:00

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Conversation on Drought by Bettina Malcomess and Jennifer Fitchett | 26 June | 1pm

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 20 June, 2025 - 16:30

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Wednesday, 26 June, 2024 - 13:00

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Methodologies for Living with Toxicity

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 19 June, 2024 - 10:02

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Monday, 24 June, 2024 - 16:00

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WISER congratulates Achille Mbembe on winning the Holberg Prize

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 14 March, 2024 - 13:30

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Monday, 10 June, 2024 - 12:00

The staff and students at WISER would like to congratulate our colleague, Achille Mbembe, on the

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WiSER Appoints a New Director | Professor Hlonipha Mokoena

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 7 May, 2024 - 09:37

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Saturday, 1 June, 2024 - 00:00

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Can Trust be Engineered on the African Continent? | ID4Africa | Forum 2

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 15 May, 2024 - 12:56

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Friday, 24 May, 2024 - 16:30

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Unified Theory of Trust | Waqf and the Islamic Law of Trust

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 22 April, 2024 - 09:27

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Thursday, 25 April, 2024 - 14:00

Keith Breckenridge with commentary from Ayesha Omar

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INVITE | Breathing In: Air and Atmospheres by Rowan Boyson | 25 March | 4pm (Johannesburg time)

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 18 March, 2024 - 10:53

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Monday, 25 March, 2024 - 16:00

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NTV Debate -- Leaving no one behind : Assessing Uganda's readiness for Ndaga Muntu

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 1 December, 2023 - 12:37

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Wednesday, 22 November, 2023 - 14:00

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Final Session Heated Conversations by Panashe Chigumadzi with Sethembile Msezane| 9 Nov | 6pm (Johannesburg time)

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 3 November, 2023 - 12:56

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Wednesday, 8 November, 2023 - 18:00

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Trust in Mining | Keynote | Courageous Conversations

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 9 November, 2023 - 12:10

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Wednesday, 8 November, 2023 - 09:00

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INVITE | Heated Conversations by Gabeba Baderoon | 11 Oct | 6pm (Johannesburg time)

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 29 September, 2023 - 11:55

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Wednesday, 11 October, 2023 - 18:00

You are warmly invited to the next session of WiSER’s online seminar seri

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Interdisciplinary Research Webinar on Population Registers, Ethics and Human Rights

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 26 September, 2023 - 13:51

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Tuesday, 10 October, 2023 - 16:00

WISER, in collaboration with the IUSSP, IIGH and ISER, invite you to join us for a panel discussi

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Buried in Gold: A Non-Existent Regulatory Framework for Mining in South Africa

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 2 October, 2023 - 09:33

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Thursday, 28 September, 2023 - 18:00

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CSIR Centre for the 4th Industrial Revolution | Digital Identity

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 2 October, 2023 - 09:39

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Wednesday, 20 September, 2023 - 09:00

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WiSER Invites you to GASP - An Exhibition by Isabel Hofmeyr | 28-29 Oct 2023

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 18 October, 2023 - 08:50

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Saturday, 29 July, 2023 - 11:00

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Heated Conversations by Sumana Roy | 26 July | 6pm

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 17 July, 2023 - 11:14

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Wednesday, 26 July, 2023 - 18:00

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WISER's Trust Project invites you to an online panel discussion:

WiSER’s Trust Project invites you to an online panel discu

WISER's Trus

The Wits Centre for Journalism and WISER invite you to join us as we host

WISER and the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Climate, Sustainability and I

WiSER and UKZN Press invite you to a hybrid book launch and discussion of

Keith Breckenridge with commentary from Ayesha Omar

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