16 Days of Activism Eastern Cape women’s rights champion

Guest Dr Lesley Ann Foster, Founder Masimanyane Women's Rights International

Rutger Hoekstra is the author of Replacing GDP by 2030 which was published by Cambridge University Press in May 2019. He is also the founder of MetricsForTheFuture.com – a consultancy company which helps international organisations, governments and companies go Beyond-GDP and Beyond Profit. This page provides a summary of CV, publications as well as two research databases on Environmental Input-Output and Beyond-GDP publications. The page is slightly out of date and will be updated in the summer of 2019. New publications, projects and updates of the archives will be communicated through my twitter account.

Guest: Rutger Hoekstra, Author, Researcher of Environmental Sciences Leiden Uni Well Being Economy Alliance Visiting researcher at CML collaborates on environmental input-output modelling and Beyond-GDP

 

Guest: Dr Paul Behrens, Author of “The Best of Times The Worst of Times: Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science”

 

 

Petitions and protests, environmental activists are now also launching a consumer boycott of Shell  stations to block the oil & gas company from seismic blasts on ocean floor.

Guest: Liz Mcdaid, Green Connection Strategic Lead

 

 

The Windybrow Arts Centre strives to be a space that promotes social awareness and thought leadership; they believe that it is through creating platforms where conversations and opinions can be shared safely and openly, that we can move closer to building our nation.  The 25th of November marks the beginning of 16 days of Activism, a global movement that calls upon the nation to speak out in shared activism. In a build up to the 16 Days of Activism this year Windybrow Arts Centre are inviting young people to pen down essays that speak from the heart as a shared response to the activism against gender-based violence.

Guest: Zintle Radebe, the programs officer at Windybrow

 

 

 

What books can you gift this festive season? We speak to book worm and Voice of Wits station manager, Ntsoaki Qhu who loves a combination of political and current affairs books.

 

GUEST: Wits station manager, Ntsoaki Qhu

 

 

Charges against Cabbage planter in Tshwane Djo Nkuna have been withdrawn. We speak to find out how he plans to move from ordeal.

Guest: Djo Nkuna, Pavement cabbage planter

 

 

Amonge Sinxoto, a phenomenal young activist that uses her voice to empower young women to believe in themselves through an NPO Blackboard Africa, which she started at the age of 15.

Guest: Amonge Sinxoto, Founder Blackboard Africa

The hotel, named Sanctuary Mandela, opened in September for guests seeking to bask in the ex-president's energy. For as much as the building has been remodelled, the management wants it to feel like a home. The goal of financial sustainability is a key difference from other sites that memorialise the struggle against apartheid.

Guest: Sello Hatang, CEO Nelson mandela foundation

 

 

The Joburg night scene is again coming alive with the debut presentation of the

Hilarious and brand new Fat Smiles Live Standup Comedy Show.

Guest: Basil Dube -marketing manager fat smiles comedy

 

Acces, a pan-African music business event organized by the Music in Africa Foundation in a different African city annually, is bringing music industry professionals from across the globe - including musicians, label executives, publishers, promoters, managers and festival bookers - to Johannesburg for the fourth Music in Africa Conference for Collaborations.

GUEST: Thandiswa Mazwai, renowned South African musician