To support activists, storytellers and lawyers who are working to bring about social and economic justice for all.
Bertha Foundation runs programs and provides funding to support individuals and organizations working to address some of the most pressing social justice issues of our time.
We exist to create space, opportunities and connections for social justice work that is often seen as too radical.
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This August, we welcome the incredible Malcolm Jiyane and Kitso Seti for an evening of music that invites us to pause, reflect and connect.Whether you are a longtime jazz lover or just looking for a different kind of Friday night, this is one you won't want to miss. Join us at Bertha House on 7 August
Ten years after photographing contestants from the Miss Lesbian pageant in Khayelitsha, Julia reunites with filmmaker (and former contestant) Velisa to reflect on what has changed - and what hasn’t - for black lesbian women in South Africa. Join us at Bertha House for the screening on 29 July.
As part of the podcat Asambe Mzansi, Bertha House are hosting an event with hosts Aliasgher and Saleha as they unpack the challenges of unemployment in South Africa and share research, data and insights. Join us on 21 July
Filmmaker Rich Felgate's film 'We, The Hated' had its world premiere as the opening night film of Sheffield Doc Fest, where the film received a standing ovation. Rich spent four years filming the people behind one of the most polarising movements in recent memory: Just Stop Oil. With fossil fuels driving both the climate crisis and global conflict, and governments increasingly cracking down on dissent, the film raises urgent questions about protest, power and what democracy actually means in practice.
Fellowships for Activists, Investigative Journalists, Filmmakers and Lawyers to spend a year working on one pressing social justice challenge.
Find out moreGlobal funding for arts activism that mobilizes communities for social change.
Find out moreA residency program for people in social justice to take the time and space to advance their work alongside a global community of co-conspirators.
Find out moreFind out about our Bertha Challenge Alumni over the years and their projects.
Find out moreA rural retreat and convening space designed, from plan to finished product, for collaboration, community and revolution.
Find out moreCape Town’s go-to gathering place for civil society, locals and creatives to learn their politics, fight unjust systems and grow their power.
Find out moreA limited collection of stories that unpack Bertha’s ways of working, what we mean by holding and creating space and what the outcomes of these methods look like.
Find out moreFind out more about our past Artivists and and their projects.
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