The Seriti TALKS is a platform that brings individuals and organisations from various backgrounds together to promote understanding and awareness and share ideas, and experiences.
We discuss real-life facts to help shape policies and programs. The TALKS convene a space where civil society can
collaborate to make their voices heard in community development. We discuss new ways to solve community problems and find partners to implement these ideas. Thus, we keep improving our knowledge and learning about what works in community development.
If you missed a Seriti TALKS that was a topic of particular interest for you, please click on the image and links below to view. Follow #SeritiTALKS on social media for updates on when the next one will be taking place and who will be participating.
Past Seriti Talks
Download and listen to our past talks
Seriti TALKS – Township Economic Development
Speakers: Jak Koseff, Deputy Director-General for Economic Planning and Development in Gauteng, and as the Deputy Head of the Gauteng Provincial Government's Economic Acceleration and Job Creation War Room and Tshepo Ramodibe, Head of Corporate Affairs at the Industrial Development Corporation.
Social Employment: the Past, Present and Future
Speakers: Kate Philip – Programme Lead, Presidential Employment Stimulus and Waseem Carrim – CEO of the National Youth Development Agency.
Seriti TALKS: Food Insecurity and Food Waste
Speakers: Andy Du Plessis from FoodForward SA, Simone Smit from United Nations Development Programme.
Seriti TALKS: Supporting and Developing Caregivers
Speakers: Prof Jabulani Kheswa from University of Fort Hare, Irene Chauke – Co-Founder of Londani Lushaka and Phiwokuhle Raqa from Seriti Institute.
Seriti TALKS: COVID-19 to Vaccinate or not to Vaccinate!
Speakers: Dr Lydia Caincross from People’s Health Movement of South Africa, Mabalane Mfundisi from Show Me Your Number and Aaron Maselwane from the People’s Vaccine Campaign.
Seriti TALKS: Women in Agriculture
Speakers: Food Equity, Equality and Democracy's Co-Founder, Nicola Coundourakis and the Inqola FEED Innovation Prize winner, Michelle Kanjere from FoodPrint.
Seriti TALKS: Migration of Early Childhood Development to Department of Basic Education
Speakers: Pranay Devchand, Chief Education Specialist from the Gauteng Department of Education, Jessica Blom, Operations Manager from the Centre for Early Childhood Development and Phiwokuhle Raqa, Programme Coordinator from Seriti Institute.
Seriti TALKS: Organic Farming
Agricultural Economist and Agricultural Programme Coordinator – Wanga Pholi, Khanyisa Mkhabe – Agricultural Economist and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer at Seriti Institute and Prof IB Oluwatayo from University of Venda.
Seriti TALKS: Fatherhood in the Early Development Years of a Child
Speakers: Jaco van Schalkwyk from The Character Company, Olefile Masangane from Heartlines and Harmony Khoza from Seriti Institute.
Seriti TALKS: Youth in Agriculture
Speakers: Gugulethu Mahlangu from House Harvest, Lucius Phaleng from the National Agricultural Marketing Council and Ntombi Matjene from Gendercc Southern Africa - Women for Climate Justice Network.
