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This event of JBF 2020 has already taken place. To view event and for information see below: JBF 2020 PANEL DISCUSSION COVID-19: FAITH AND THE CRISIS OF CAPITALISM Format:  PANEL DISCUSSION Date and Time: Friday, 16 October 2020, 1800 – 1930 Venue: Zoom and Facebook Live View the Facebook Live Video here In this time of …

JBF 2020 TRAINING WORKSHOP JOURNALISM IN THE TIME OF COVID 19: COLLABORATION AND COLLUSION Format: CLOSED TRAINING WORKSHOP Date and Time: Saturday, 14 November 2020, 0900 – 1630 Venue: House of Movements, and Zoom and Facebook Livestream Zoom Registration Link: The global Covid-19 pandemic has exposed for all to see the rampant inequalities and unsustainability of the …

JBF 2020 FINAL WEEKEND LEARN TO READ USING INFOGRAPHICS IN ALL OUR LANGUAGES (Launch of Poetry Buddies Children’s Infographic Read-along Books) Format: Book Launch Date and Time: Saturday, 28 November 2020, 09:30 – 10:00 Venue: Zoom and Live Streamed on Facebook Zoom Registration Link: Four of the Jozi Book Fair’s Tebogo and Palesa children’s series of books have …

JBF 2020 TSOHANG BATJHA (ARISE YOUTH) BOOK LAUNCH HUMAN RIGHTS AND COVID-19 – JBF SHORT STORY COMPETITION FOR SCHOOL YOUTH Format: Book Launch and Conversations with Winners of the Competition Date and Time: Saturday, 28 November 2020, 1130 – 1215 Venue: House of Movements, and Zoom and Facebook LIVE Zoom Registration Link This year the 5th edition of …

JBF 2020 WORKSHOP-DISCUSSION: COVID-19 AND THE ROLE OF CULTURE IN ORGANISING AND MOVEMENT-BUILDING Format: Workshop Date and Time: Saturday, 28 November 2020, 1300 – 1430 Venue: House of Movements and Zoom and Facebook Live Zoom Registration Link: This workshop discussion brings together out of school youth and cultural activists to explore the multifaceted role of culture in organising …

JBF 2020 WORKERS MUSEUM ONLINE TOUR & PETRUS MASHISHI PHOTO EXHIBITION WORKERS MUSEUM ONLINE TOUR AND LAUNCH OF PETRUS MASHISHI, WORKER LEADER, PHOTO EXHIBITION Date and Time: Sunday, 29th November 2020, 11.00 – 12.30 pm Venue: Zoom and Facebook LIVE Zoom Registration Link The Workers Museum in Newtown, Johannesburg, is the only one of its kind in …

JBF 2020 PANEL DISCUSSION BEYOND COVID 19: TRANSFORMATION AND MOVEMENT BUILDING IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WORLD PANEL DISCUSSION AND BOOK LAUNCH Date and Time: Sunday, 29th November 2020, 3.00 – 5.00pm Venue: Zoom and Facebook LIVE Zoom Registration Link Covid 19 has revealed the deep fault lines and social inequality in South Africa and the world. …

This event of JBF 2020 has already taken place. To view event and for information see below. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, FEMINISING OUR MOVEMENTS AND OUR STRUGGLES: NEW PERSPECTIVES AND SOLUTIONS Format: PANEL DISCUSSION Date and Time: Saturday, 7 November 2020, 1500 – 1630 View the Facebook Live Video here Despite numerous Gender Summits, policies, legislation, resolutions, …

JBF 2020 PANEL DISCUSSION COVID-19: FAITH AND THE CRISIS OF CAPITALISM Format:  PANEL DISCUSSION Date and Time: Friday, 16 October 2020, 1800 – 1930 Venue: Zoom and Facebook Live Zoom Registration Link: In this time of Covid-19 in South Africa and with various increasing crises –  poverty and unemployment, food insecurity and the lack of basic services, …

JBF 2020 CONVERSATION: CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF THE CUBAN FEDERATION OF WOMEN: LESSONS FOR BUILDING A GRASSROOTS WOMEN’S MOVEMENT Format: Conversation Date and Time: Thursday, 8 October 2020, 7.00 – 8.30pm Venue: Live Stream on Facebook, Jozi Book Fair Facebook Page This year the Cuban Federation of Women (FMC) celebrates its 60th anniversary. The FMC was formed …

Join Khanya College at the Jozi Book Fair as we host a panel of speakers who have watched the South African economy over decades, to debate the past, present and future of the South African economy and what this means for ordinary South Africans…

“Residents demanded electricity. They also wanted a to stop to the illegal cutting of electricity as parts of Naledi and Tladi have electricity, except for few streets in the area. Shops are losing stock due and profits due to power…”