SWOP AdminMar 23A Programme of Action in the time of COVID-19 : A call for social Solidarity in South AfricaRead below a call from various organisations in response to COVID-19 in South Africa. We, as civic organisations, trade unions, organisations of informal wor...
SWOP AdminMar 5SWOP comments on the Community Resettlement Guidelines published by DMRSWOP put together a set of comments on the Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines that were put forward by the Department of Mineral Resources in December 20...
SWOP AdminFeb 12First SWOP Breakfast Seminar 2020 - Launch of 'Bonds of Justice' by Kally Forrest We are pleased to announce the return of the SWOP Breakfast Seminar Series for 2020. The first breakfast will take the form of a launch and discussion on the...
SWOP AdminFeb 6Looking Back Over The Last Year at SWOP2019 was an eventful year for SWOP, a year of change and growth for the institute. Changes in the SWOP Community Prishani Naidoo stepped into the position of...
SWOP AdminJan 28New booklet published in four languages on 'Climate Change and the Just Transition from Coal'The Society, Work and Politics Institute (SWOP) has published a new booklet on Climate Change and the Just Transition from Coal. The booklet is available in ...
SWOP AdminDec 17, 2019Videos and Pictures from the colloquium on 'States, citizens, subjects and violence'The colloquium on 'States, citizens, subjects and violence: An African/Latin American engagement’ took place in Johannesburg, South Africa in August 2019, an...
SWOP AdministrationNov 12, 2019Mining activities continue to dispossess black families in South AfricaDineo Skosana, a researcher at the Society, Work and Politics Institute, recently published a short article in The Conversation about her research into grave...
SWOP AdministrationOct 29, 2019Call for Applications for 2020 Postgraduate ScholarshipsThe Violent States, States of Violence Research Project at the University of the Witwatersrand invites applications from MA students for scholarships in the ...
SWOP AdministrationOct 27, 2019South Africa still has a long way to go on the right to foodBrittany Kesselman's latest article in The Conversation in the right to food in South Africa Fifty-four percent of South Africans are hungry or at risk of hu...
SWOP AdministrationOct 8, 2019Three new SWOP Working Papers on a just transition from coal, now availableThree new SWOP Working Papers are now available for download. The three papers were launched together at the SWOP Breakfast Seminar on the 4th of October 201...
SWOP AdministrationOct 7, 2019Book Launch: Jospeh Mujere's 'Land, Migration and Belonging'Join us for the launch of Joseph Mujere's book ' Land, Migration and Belonging: A History of the Basotho in Southern Rhodesia c 1890-1960s'. A new history o...
SWOP AdministrationSep 5, 2019Financial support for the Casual Workers Advice Office following attackThe Casual Workers Advice Office (CWAO) was attacked, trashed and burnt on Monday night. You can find CWAO's statement on the attack below for more informati...
SWOP AdministrationAug 21, 2019Book launch for Bridget Kenny's 'Retail Worker Politics, Race and Consumption in South AfricThe Society, Work and Politics Institute and the History Workshop at Wits University invite you to the launch of Bridget Kenny’s book, Retail Worker Politics...
SWOP AdministrationAug 11, 2019Eddie Webster honoured with lifetime achievement awardCongratulations to Prof Eddie Webster who has been awarded Isidanga by the South African Sociological Association (SASA). This is a lifetime achievement awar...
SWOP AdministrationAug 5, 2019States, citizens, subjects & violence colloquium: An African / Latin American engagementThe Violent States, States of Violence Project invite you to join us for a colloquium on “States, citizens, subjects & violence” An African / Latin American ...
SWOP AdministrationJul 25, 2019Exhibition and Discussion - #NoMeCansaré Politics and Aesthetics in Mexico 2012 - 2018The second event in our Alternatives to Capitalism Series will be in the form of an exhibition and discussion by Dr Helena Chavez, the curator of the exhibit...
SWOP AdministrationJul 25, 2019SWOP Breakfast Seminar Series - Semester 2We are excited to announce the upcoming Breakfast Seminar's for the second semester of 2019. The Society, Work and Politics Institute hosts the seminars thro...
SWOP AdminJul 9, 2019Short article and podcast: South Africa should learn from Brazil about how to tackle ‘hidden hunger’Brittany Kesselman, a postdoctoral fellow at the Society, Work and Politics Institute, recently published an article with The Conversation on hidden hunger i...
SWOP AdministrationJun 24, 2019Peter HudsonIt is with great sadness that we share with you the news that Peter Hudson, a colleague in Political Studies, has passed away. His funeral will be held on We...
SWOP AdministrationJun 3, 2019June 2019 edition of the Global Labour Journal now availableThe latest edition of the Global Labour Journal is available on the GLJ website for download. You can find all of the articles, book reviews and global issue...
