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.
Article One, with Bertha's support, and the Centre for Human Rights have proposed that local data centers can be rights-enabling infrastructure. They've recommended to the SA Human Rights Commission a pause on huge new projects to develop the framework to make sure rights are protected.
Giacomo Zandonini has published an investigation into the negotiations between the EU and Israel on data sharing that potentially breaches international law and could further endanger Palestinian lives in Israel, Palestine and the EU.
Cape Town hosted a "historic moment for African cinema", bringing together investors and financiers, regional producers and experts at the Inaugural African Film Investor Roundtable. Coming out of Bertha Foundation-supported African Producers Accelarator, the roundtable furthers work to strengthen and support the sustainability of film across the continent.
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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
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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