Public Seminars

As part of the public information role of the ACC, regular public debates and seminars are organised to facilitate an engagement between ordinary citizens, scholars, civil society activists and public officials on pertinent issues that affect the nature and prospects of (African) cities.

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Jul
31

Sustainability: A Voting Issue?

Lobby Books (Dakar Room), Idasa Building, 6 Spin Street, Cape Town
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Nov
3

Steven Robbins: Urban social movements, rights talk and mass action in Cape Town

Rm 2.27, Davies Room, Engeo Building, Upper Campus, UCT, Cape Town

Steven Robbins is with the Department of Sociology, University of Stellenbosch

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Mar
25

ACC @ World Urban Forum: UniverCity: Towards city-university co-production and co-using of urban knowledge

WUF Venue Area, Avenida Rodrigues Alves – Armazem 5, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Room W3-18.

Decisions, big and small, by a multitude of stakeholders and actors in cities and urban regions determine our ability for actually achieving sustainable urban futures. But what is the ...

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Mar
23

ACC @ the World Urban Forum: African Urban Futures: Promoting Urbanization Strategies

WUF Venue Area, Avenida Rodrigues Alves – Armazem 5, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

(Room W2-5).  

This session will explore the importance of explicit urbanization strategies at a Continental and national level to both promote and support integrated city-level urban growth ...