Discussion of the often-intersecting issues of politics, health, access to food, agriculture, land rights, and climate change.
Almost half of South Africans feel out of touch with key representative institutions, while two thirds believe that their elected leaders do not really care about their plight. This is […]
Welcome to The CIHA Blog’s monthly review (actually, this time more like a month-and-a-half review)!. We ended the month of April by highlighting two separate issues that […]
One of the primary goals of the CIHA Blog is to highlight critical and religious voices in
order to challenge unequal power relations. Throughout March, the Blog did just that by […]
Both climate change and the drought and subsequent food crisis in southern Africa are receiving considerable attention from the media. In this post, Greenwell Chigova links climate […]
In our ongoing series, “Track Changes,” we link to online content that we have found to be problematic in its assumptions, framing, or language and provide a question or thought(s) […]
In our ongoing series, “Track Changes,” we link to online content that we have found to be problematic in its assumptions, framing, or language and provide a question or thought(s) […]
by Erin Wilson and Brenda Bartelink
Photo credit: Nikki Haze
Researchers at the CRCPD recently concluded a one-year NWO-funded pilot project exploring the entanglement of personal religious and spiritual transformation with […]
posted by Bangirana Albert
Amidst the backdrop of a souring refugee crisis in Europe and a stronger calls for reform to UN structures and strategies, the just-concluded 2015 UN Sustainable Development […]
The UKZN’s Ujamaa Centre recently hosted Rev. Canon Dr. Kaya J. Kaoma for the Gunther Wittenberg Lecture as part of their ongoing speaker series. Following the theme of