Rethinking Economics For Africa - Wits

17/04/2019

Today is the day!

21/02/2019

Minister Tito Mboweni declared in the that R1.8 billion is allocated for the implementation of land-reform projects over the next three years.
But what does that mean for our economy? What does it mean for you and me?
Join us tonight as we partake in the robust discussion, "Land- The Economic Perspective

14/02/2019

This time next week we will be gathered in Solomon Mahlangu house alongside with members of presidential advisory panel and !

Save the Date!
Bring a mate!

12/02/2019

Witsies!
Sign up today to stay up to date with our public events, reading groups and workshops 🙌🏽

11/02/2019

Hi ReThinkers!
We are hosting our very first event for the year on the 21st of Feb 2019 (18:30) under the topic:

LAND- An Economics Perspective

Be sure to be there and bring a plus one.

29/01/2019

It's O-week, a start of a new academic year and we are ready and fired up!

Join us at our stall under the white marque near the Great Hall to engage with us and sign up for membership of a revolutionary society! (we have the lowest sign-up fee EVER!)

05/10/2018

Assorted members of the founding 2018 exec and the POWER 2019 exec ahead! We are super honoured and excited given the incredible leaders carrying our movement forward!

02/10/2018

Only 2 days left before our annual general meeting, this Thursday 4th October at 16:30pm in SHB1, and 2 days left to get your applications for the executive committee in!
Apply to join the REFA exec as below, and come along to the meeting as we take the movement forward!!!

💡JOIN THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR 2019!💡

HOW TO APPLY:
> Applicants must be Wits students for 2019 who are, or are willing to become, Wits REFA members
> E-mail [email protected] and include your name, year of study, degree, and a brief description of your motivation, qualities, and any relevant previous experience
> Positions available:
Chairperson
Vice-Chairperson
Secretary
Treasurer
Funding officer
Events officer
Media officer
Development officer
Research officer
REFA national officer
> Deadline: Applications must be in BEFORE 3pm on Thursday 4th October 2018

30/09/2018

💡 CALL TO JOIN THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR 2019!💡

HOW TO APPLY:
> Applicants must be Wits students for 2019 who are, or are willing to become, Wits REFA members
> E-mail [email protected] and include your name, year of study, degree, and a brief description of your motivation, qualities, and any relevant previous experience
> Positions available:
Chairperson
Vice-Chairperson
Secretary
Treasurer
Funding officer
Events officer
Media officer
Development officer
Research officer
REFA national officer
> Deadline: Applications must be in BEFORE 3pm on Thursday 4th October 2018

******* A message from your 2018 Executive Committee*****
We are in the final quarter of Wits Rethinking Economics for Africa's first academic year, and are overjoyed and proud of how much our movement has been able to accomplish in this time!

From our very first event, an incredible panel discussion on free education, to our critical thinking workshop, guest lecture interrogating neoclassical assumptions, and the awe-inspiring Inaugural REFA Festival 2018, that saw 492 internationally acclaimed economists, founding members of Rethinking Economics' home group in the UK, members of the public and civil society, and students that we sponsored from all over the country attend a full 2-day festival of alternative and pluralist economic discourse, the success that we have built together is momentous.

A REFA group at the University of Cape Town has already been formed, and other universities across the country have committed to follow as we grow the movement nationally, The seeds have truly been planted for a legacy of pluralistic, progressive, and relevant economics in our curriculum.

As they executive committee of 2018, we recognise not only how much has been achieved, but the vitality of continuing the work which is just at its beginning.

That is why we call on our members who feel that they are passionate, skilled leaders with vision and commitment to a better economy for all to apply for a position in the 2019 Wits REFA Executive Committee and carry the movement forward!

Our AGM will be held on Thursday 4th October 2018

09/09/2018

It's celebration time and smiles all round from our student-leaders at the close of the incredible Inaugural Rethinking Economics For Africa Festival!

Most importantly, we celebrate you - our Rethinkers- as we continue exchanging insights, forging friendships, and shaping the future of economics.

Our Students' Call To Action, compiled from our collective engagement, will guide our movement as it grows across the country and continent towards the vision we have crafted together.

06/09/2018

Enter the essay competition here!!! :)

Thank you for joining the REFA Festival Essay Competition. We look forward to reading your insights on how to rethink economics in Africa. The short word count is very deliberate; we ask that your essay be clear, short, concise and to-the-point. There is no need to use complicated language, very for...

05/09/2018

SO EXCITED!!! 💡