South Africa must shift from consumption to investment

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says South Africa’s economic growth is inadequate, and the government must shift from a culture of consumption to investment. He was addressing the public on South Africa’s national development imperatives whilst ensuring fiscal sustainability – challenges and choices – at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) on Thursday, 25 April 2013

Armed and dangerous : from undercover struggle to freedom

The Department of Politics in partnership with the Library and Information Centre cordially hosted a discussion with Ronnie Kasrils based on his book – Armed and dangerous – from undercover struggle to freedom. “Now in its fourth edition, Armed and dangerous is the first-hand account of Kasrils’s years in both the liberation struggle and in government.

Lights! Camera! Action! Eusebius McKaizer’s UJ visit on Kwêla

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) hosted author, presenter and political analyst Eusebius McKaizer to discuss his book, A Bantu In My Bathroom, on 23 and 24 April 2013. This is part of the UJReads campaign that aims to encourage the UJ community to read the same book and participate in a discussion

The future is now : new roles and relationships for academic libraries

Welcome to this very exciting conference focusing on the changing roles and relationships of academic libraries which goes hand in hand with the rapid development of information technology. Last year, when we started planning for the conference we came to the conclusion that the title ‘The Future is Now’ expresses our experience of being overtaken by technology, in a unique and innovative way. However, when we did a Google search on the phrase we found that it was a widely used phrase which gives expression to the global village’s experience that developments which we thought lie in the future are overtaking us as a result of the rapid development of Internet and mobile technologies. Despite its lack of originality, we decided to stick to the title, because there was no better way of saying what we wanted to say. I repeated the Google search about a year later, when I was busy writing this welcome note to you, and this time carefully noted the number of hits: 128 000 000. Most significantly I found two websites relating to the impact of information technology on the world of libraries within the first 20 hits. One was the website of an eponymous ALA conference on libraries and museums in the virtual word held on 5 and 6 March 2010 (http://www.opal-online.org/finindex.htm). The conference dealt with the use of Second Life in libraries and museums. The other was an article on the launch of Elsevier’s ‘Article of the Future‘ project (http://www.cell.com) on 7 January 2010. Both these hits underlined the impact of technology on our world and the need to consider the way forward as a result of it. George Will said that ‘the future has a way of arriving unannounced’. It is the sincere hope of the Conference Organising Committee that this conference will help prevent the future of taking us unawares. We believe that your presence here will inspire and motivate you to explore the new technologies and harness it to sustain and improve on academic libraries’ proud tradition and history of moving with the times. - Dr Anette van Vuren, Conference Chair

Miners shot down : a documentary on the Marikana massacre by Rehad Desai

A documentary on the Marikana massacre by Rehad Desai Followed by a discussion: Marikana – what it means for South Africa’s Future? Panelists for the discussion: Prof Peter Alexander, South Africa Research Chair in Social Change, University of Johannesburg Prof Mary Galvin, Department of Anthropology and Development, University of Johannesburg Mr Ronnie Kasril

A discussion with Ahmed Kathrada - based on his memoirs

Ahmed Kathrada’s Memoirs give an insight into his remarkable life during which he observed and actively participated in the shaping of South Africa’s history

Social Welfare and Social Development

The UJ Faculty of Humanities: Centre for Social Development in Africa in partnership with the UJ Library invite you to the launch of PROFESSOR LEILA PATEL’S latest book Social Welfare and Social Development DATE: 08 March 2016 / 14:00 for 14:30 VENUE: APK Library Auditorium, 5th Floor (University of Johannesburg, corner Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park, Johannesburg) RSVP: By Monday 7 March 2016 to Dorcas Rathaba at [email protected] or 011 559 2031 ABOUT THE BOOK: Social Welfare and Social Development discusses social welfare practice in global and regional context. It addresses issues of poverty, unemployment and populations at risk within South Africa and the role of the social welfare system in South Africa in tackling these issues. The first edition was ground breaking in systematically outlining the theory and practice of social development, the model of welfare the South African government has chosen in order to address social challenges. The second edition includes fully updated discussions, reviewing changes in the social landscape since 2005. This book is the only South African text to develop and discuss the theory and practice of social development and it contains practical examples, case studies and end of chapter questions. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Professor Leila Patel is Professor of Social Development Studies and holds the South African Research Chair in Welfare and Social Development at the University of Johannesburg. She is also the Director of the Centre for Social Development in Africa at the University of Johannesburg. In 2014, she was awarded the Distinguished Woman Scientist Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences by the Department of Science and Technology, South Africa. PANELLISTS: Professor Edwell Kaseke (Chair of Social Work at the School of Human and Community Development at the University of the Witwatersrand) Professor Jean Triegaardt (Visiting Professor, Centre for Social Development in Africa at the University of Johannesburg and a member of the Ministerial Committee to Review the Implementation of the White Paper for Social Welfare) Mr Edwin Mutabanengwe (Social Work Supervisor at a child welfare agency in Johannesburg. He is a beneficiary of the SARChi Scholarship and is pursuing his doctorate at the University of Johannesburg) Ms Morma Moremi (Sexual Violence Research Initiative, hosted by the South African Medical Research Council) FACILITATOR: Dr Tessa Hochfeld (Senior Researcher and Project Leader at the University of Johannesburg Centre for Social Development in Africa

FIND YOUR FITNESS – Simple ways to keep healthy – For all shapes and sizes

UJ Library invites you to a discussion with Pedro van Gaalen, Managing Editor, of Fitness and Fitness His Magazine on: FIND YOUR FITNESS – Simple ways to keep healthy – For all shapes and sizes DATE: 25 April 2017 TIME: 12:00 to 13:30 VENUE: Chinua Achebe Auditorium (6th Floor), APK Library, University of Johannesburg (corner Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park) RSVP by Monday, 24 April 2017 to Theodorah Modise on [email protected] / 011 559 2264

Permanent Removal

Jacana Media in partnership with the UJ Library invites you to a discussion with Alan Cowell the author of PERMANENT REMOVAL ABOUT THE BOOK: Permanent Removal is a beautifully written political thriller focusing on the nature of justice, truth, betrayal, socio-political and ethical quandaries, complicity and moral agency. The novel introduces readers to a cast of players whose destinies intertwine in a particularly gruesome murder. The novel is set in apartheid South Africa and fictionalises the events leading up to the assassination of the Cradock Four. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alan S Cowell is an award-winning New York Times journalist. He was assigned to Johannesburg in the mid-1980s and was awarded the prestigious George Polk Award for courageous reporting. The government of the day ordered him to leave in early 1987 and he was not allowed to return until the early 1990s. Since then he has been a regular visitor, most recently covering the Oscar Pistorius trial and anchoring coverage of the death of President Mandela. DATE 13 April 2016 / 16:30 for 17:00 VENUE APK Library Auditorium (6th Floor), University of Johannesburg (corner Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park, Johannesburg) RSVP By Tuesday 12 April 2016 to Theodorah Modise at [email protected] or 011 559 226

South African Open Access and Open Data

Join our keynotes Daisy Salematsela (Director, WITS Libraries, Johannesburg, South Africa) & Lazarus Matizirofa (University of Pretoria) as they give us a survey of the progress being made in South Africa towards Open Access, Open Data, and Open Research in general - focusing on the role of the Library in this drive towards openness