Julia Taylor

The Joburg mayor celebrating demolishing small businesses - it’s easy for politicians to scapegoat foreign owned businesses when they are not providing sufficient infrastructure, safe & regulated business districts - the political elite enjoy when the people’s anger is distracted

DEADLINE EXTENDED Call for Applications: Post-Doctoral Fellowships and Masters Scholarships For details see swop.org.za/call-for-appli…

📢 Call for Research The Southern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS), REAL, and the ILO invite researchers to explore how skills formation can shape the future of work in Eastern & Southern Africa. 💰 Grants up to ZAR 400,000. 📅 Info session: 28 Jan 2026 Deadline: 15 February 2026 at 23:59 SAST Click here for more information: bit.ly/4r5OIub #SCISWITS, #FutureofWork, #WITSfoGood

REMINDER ⏰| You are invited to the Pro VC Seminar Series at Wits at Wits University. Title: Understanding the Climate Obligations of South Africa in Relation to Changing Policy in the USA 🗓️ Date: 13 August 2025 🕓 Time: 16:30 📍 Venue: Wits Club, Campus West (Hybrid Format) 📝 RSVP by 11 August: shorturl.at/BW8fB #WitsForGood #WitsSeminar

@MyJRA @CityofJoburgZA @CrumRegionB @MMCKennyKunene @CoJTransport @DadaMorero @Bertha23206554 @GPDRT_ Please don't forget the pothole outside 63 Dorset Rd - I have tried to log it on the phone line but I had no answer for two days.

Cleaning of stormwater drains to prevent blockages along Denbigh Road in Parkwood, Region B 🚧🚧 @CityofJoburgZA @CrumRegionB @MMCKennyKunene #JoburgRoads

‼️HAPPENING TODAY| Join the next Pro-VC Seminar Series with Prof. Anson Mackay as he explores the sustainability challenges facing ancient lakes during the Anthropocene. 🗓️ Date: 6 May 2025 🕐 Time: 13:00 💻 Online via Zoom 🔗 RSVP Here: tinyurl.com/yck5pthy #WitsForGood #WitsSeminarSeries

@GovernmentZA, @DMRE_ZA, Are your websites down? I am trying to access the latest IRP and SAREM... please can you check them?

Call for Applications for 2025 MA Scholarships The Futures of Care: Community Responses to Extraction in South Africa and Canada Project is now accepting applications from MA students for the 2025 academic year. Closing 28 February Details: swop.org.za/call-for-appli…

And here's the article: theconversation.com/gdp-is-an-outd… #COP29 #Climatejustice #Careclimatenexus

It has been incredible to meet some of the leading feminist economists over the past year as we formed the Care-Climate Working Group - the key ideas we've been discussing are now coming out in opinion pieces - here's a clip about Prof Radhika Balakrishnan's article #care&climate

Climate change is hitting women the hardest. What to do about it – economists bit.ly/3OnGJHD 💻 Chiara Grazini and Giulio Guarini, University of Tuscia @unitusviterbo #Climate #COP29

🌍 Care and Climate: A Vital Nexus for a Just Transition 🌿 @Wits_SCIS and @IDRC_CRDI have joined forces to explore how care can shape effective climate policy. Together with feminist economists and climate scientists worldwide, the Care-Climate Nexus Working Group is developing a framework that emphasises care for humans, other species, and our natural environment. 📖 Read more: theconversation.com/climate-change… #WitsSCIS #CareClimateNexus #ClimateJustice #JustTransition #ClimatePolicy #FeministEconomics

Turffontien. Johannesburg. 2010 vs 2024.

Climate change: care for humans, other species and the natural environment is the key to a just transition - written with @Julia_JKT and Sonia Phalatse theconversation.com/climate-change… via @TC_Africa

You are invited to a seminar hosted in partnership with the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research at Wits University. Title: Is Climate Change Ungovernable? Date: 09 October 2024 Time: 13:00 Venue: Richard Ward Building, Braamfontein Campus East RSVP Here: shorturl.at/ZZATz #WitsForGood

I've read a lot about how the experience of Palestinians resonates with Black South African's experience of apartheid. What has struck me when looking at Israel are all the resonances with white South African society during apartheid . A 🧵 of a few resonances:

Video in which Renaldo Gouws and Roman Cabanac discuss how Roman can’t listen to Queen because Freddie Mercury was gay, and also that his death from AIDS is proof that God exists. Cc @jsteenhuisen @helenzille

Amitav Ghosh is going to be visiting Wits in 2 weeks! If you haven't read any of his books I recommend starting now - @iValodia and I wrote an article about some of Ghosh's views on climate change theconversation.com/climate-change…

Join us for the launch of our latest Working Paper: “Towards a Gender-Just Transition: Principles and Perspectives from the Global South”. This insightful paper explores critical issues and innovative approaches for achieving a gender-equitable transition in the Global South. 🗓 Date: Friday, 30 August 2024 ⏰ Time: - (GMT) 💻 Online Event: Click here to register > bit.ly/3WW0U32 🎙 Guest Speakers: [@iValodia, @Julia_JKT , @LebogangMulaisi, Maria S Floro] 🔗 Get the Working Paper Now! [bit.ly/3XYROVy] Don’t miss out on this crucial conversation—be part of the change! 🌱

REMINDER ⏰ | You are invited to a Pro VC Seminar Series at Wits University. Topic: Solar socialism: Wind, sunlight, and the paradox of abundance Date: 01 August 2024 Time: 16:30 Venue: Solomon Mahlangu House Speaker: Professor David McDermott Hughes Register Here: shorturl.at/AuLiT #WitsForGood