Translocal activism for housing and urban justice

Date: Friday, 11 September 2026

Panel Talk: 5:00pm - 6:00pm

From social media campaigns to street protests and occupy movements, activists are fighting for housing and urban justice across the world. Following a special Australian premier screening of the film ‘ Mother City’, this panel of activists and scholars from Australia and South Africa discuss how local struggles – often shared through music, art, film, and media – build global solidarity.

This panel discussion follows the special Australian premiere screening of Mother City.

Mother City (dir. Miki Redelinghuys & Pearlie Joubert, 2024) is an award winning documentary about the inequalities of housing and continuing spatial apartheid that exists in urban and housing planning in Cape Town and the campaign run by activists from local townships and the community occupying a public hospital in the city.

Chair

Justine Humphry, University of Sydney

Speakers include

Amanda Tattersall, Associate Professor of Practice in urban geography, The University of Sydney

Nkosikhona Swaartbooi, campaigner for justice and equality in South Africa

Andrew Sully, Director Master of Film and Screen Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney

Clare Lewis, Creative Director, GoodChat

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