About the Journal
About the Journal
NEW AGENDA is an open access, peer-reviewed academic journal that is a fully accredited and listed in the Department of Higher Education and Training’s Index of Approved South African Journals. The journal’s focus encompasses South African, African and international developments in social and economic research and policy. The journal's mission is to promote alternative ideas on social, ecological and economic transformation and to challenge inequalities based on race, gender, class, ethnicity and caste, among others, as impediments to a just and democratic society. We aim to provide high-quality pertinent information and analysis for stakeholders in government, academia and civil society to promote democratic participation in economic, social and political life.
Since 2020 New Agenda has been an online, open access publication, available free of charge and published in accordance with a Creative Commons Licence. As a Diamond Open Access Journal it does not charge any fees for authors or readers or for article processing.
New Agenda is the flagship publication of the Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA). IFAA is dedicated to promoting economic transformation, non-racialism, anti-racism and gender equality, continental solidarity and African self-reliance, and youth participation in political and social discourse.
The Institute for Social Development (ISD) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) provides an academic home for New Agenda, in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2023. The aim is to broaden editorial governance, automate peer review processes, and use digital platforms to expand readership of the magazine. All submissions to New Agenda are processed on the OJS/PKP platform hosted by the UWC Library.
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