The Centre for Civil Society (CCS) within the School of Built Environment and Development Studies (BEDS) held a workshop for activists facilitated by CCS Community Scholar, Ms Mzamo Zondi and Director at Sensys Training Ms Nina Sen.

The workshop examined social media organisations and post-1994 South African social movements, among other issues and subjects.

The CCS annual activist training is designed to equip activists with tools to improve their campaigns and elevate citizen/community voices. The training sessions are held in response to activist needs and include sessions on the rules and regulations around protest action, using social media to amplify campaigns, using Apps to organise an around activism and citizen voices such as Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

According to CCS Director Dr Shauna Mottiar, the workshop also brings together activists in the Durban area to network and strategise around their campaigns and to build solidarity.