This event took a closer look at eight projects implemented by local urban change-makers which received funding from the IUDF and SACN.

Hosted jointly by the Sibikwa Arts Centre, SACN and CoGTA, this event presented the Yi’MA initiative as part of UN Habitat’s 40 Days Safer Cities Challenge.

These weekly sessions hosted by CTIN and JAMLab featured a diverse range of speakers, musicians, artists and change-makers. Discussions focused on narratives, public opinion and media.

The South African Cities Network (SACN) in partnership with the National Research Foundation (NRF) has recently appointed three new Urban focused research chairs, adding to the work of the existing NRF urban research chairs. Each interactive panel discussion was around a particular urban theme.

Shaakira Cohan curated this event on the topic of the opportunity of human agency for building a more resilient city.

A two part event that explored ethical, transparent and creative procurement processes to allow for communities to both participate more actively in public procurement processes and hold municipalities and service providers accountable.

The Upscaling Integrated Area-based Violence Prevention Interventions webinar was hosted by Inger Harber of Isandla Institute, Thomas Hellmann of the Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention Programme (GIZ-VCP), and Gianna Maita and Sarah van der Walt of Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU NPC).

A discussion highlighting the importance of the Community Based Planning Model as part of participatory planning, and promoting community action. It looked at ways to enhance community involvement in the provision of public service and increase people's control over their own lives and livelihoods.

A webinar that looked at how city governments can creatively communicate issues of urban development, city governance and actively engage all citizens to co-create safer and more inclusive cities.

The session, hosted by Monique Damons, explored city intelligence and the role it plays in facilitating civic action in urban spaces.

A game of digital “Citopoly” with various stakeholders attending the session. The game uses play to sheds light on systemic, institutional and societal issues facing built environment practitioners and the network of implementers in built environment projects (civil society, private sector, politicians etc).

This webinar was embedded in an event that more broadly interrogated the rights and needs of children in cities, indicators for measuring the safety of children in cities and advocacy for child-centred public policy and practice. It was co-curated by Play Africa and Mimosa Reggio Emilia School and focuses on participatory child centred approaches to play, learning, investigation and co-creation.

This panel brought together young scholars, professionals, organisers and creatives to discuss the state of cities, institutions and the capacity of youth to contribute meaningfully to shaping/visioning of future cities.

Digital mapping training session that aims to impart GIS mapping skills to attendees who can then update their map, on Map Creator, to reflect the realities of their communities, neighbourhoods and regions.

The Amavuso Project is a collaborative production between Sibikwa Arts Centre and Nhimbe Trust. This event was a film screening and Q&A with the directors.

This Instagram Takeover explored the relationship between skateboarding and urban spaces, unpacking the concept of ‘skate urbanism’.

This film screening and panel discussion was hosted by Local Studio.

The Young Urbanists took participants on a Twitter-based ‘Amazing Race’ through Cape Town.

Urban-Think Tank's founder, Alfredo Brillembourg launched his latest book, The Architect and The City; Urban pilot projects from the informal city, in conversation with Rashiq Fataar.

This filmed presentation of the quintessential South african play Sophiatown is performed by Sibikwa Arts Centre’s Inclusive Creative Arts Programme learners and directed by theatre stalwart and founder of Sibikwa, Smal Ndaba.

A weekly series on the Our Future Cities Instagram page. Each week we visited a different South African city through the eyes of one of Our Future Cities colleagues.

The film looks at the rise and fall of London’s iconic 1970’s housing development, Robin Hood Gardens estate, painting intimate portraits of residents expressing the emotional, humorous, and complex story of the project.

A video showcase and discussion of the responses of different South African cities to provide safe space to street homeless persons during Covid-19. It showed ‘the empowered civic’, both at work and obstructed, with resultant outcomes.

The film paints the picture of Hutchinson - a forgotten town in South Africa’s Northern Cape, representative of numerous similar towns and railway communities around the country, similarly abandoned or neglected. The film also poses a challenge to both Government and Transnet to take responsibility for the impact of changes to these communities, and indicates that there are slender possibilities of a brighter future.

Focusing on the eThekwini Open Data Portal, this event discussed how cities can learn from open data repositories to improve evidence-based decision making.

A video tutorial of Akhile’s digital Municipal Sustainability Tool.

This event was hosted by Future Cities South Africa, looking at how future mobility trends will shape South African cities, using global examples.

This event hosted by ICLEI focused on how we can move from buzzwords to reality when it comes to inclusive mobility in African cities.

Featuring special guests including Emmah Mabye, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and Councillor Xola Pakati, Executive Mayor of Buffalo City.

The Opening Event featured special guests such as Deputy Minister Parks Tau, Emmah Mabye and Sumayya Vally.