The hearth. The view. The future.
Iziko Labantsundu is an independent South African institute advancing energy justice through indigenous knowledge, African languages and practical, community-led action. We convene the people who live with energy decisions so their expertise shapes the future.
Featured research
Pillar
Building African languages as languages capable of carrying science, mathematics, engineering, communications and research. Terminology development, translation of technical corpora, and the training of a generation able to write and argue technically in their own languages.
Pillar
Taking just-transition discourse beyond English-language policy circles. We build the materials, forums and vocabulary that let mineworkers, municipal officials, cooperatives and households deliberate energy decisions in the languages they think in and be heard in the record.
Pillar
Documenting and systematising indigenous and vernacular practice in land, water, fire, building, repair and seasonal knowledge, so that it can be cited, taught, standardised and recognised within industry codes, procurement and law rather than folklorised.
Flagship programme
CLICK runs where the three pillars meet: a rolling programme of terminology labs, community energy dialogues and field documentation, carried out with partner municipalities, unions and universities.
