A critical historical context on Mobilising social justice / Liepollo Lebohang Pheko and Edward Sebastien -- Introduction to Mobilising social justice: critical discussions on the potential for civic action and structural change / Remko Berkhout and Jeff Handmaker -- Civic-state interactions and the potential for structural change / Jeff Handmaker -- The budget process and strategic civic interventions / Frank S. Jenkins -- Civic action and legal mobilisation: the Phiri water meters case / Jackie Dugard -- Resistance and repression: policing protest in post-apartheid South Africa / Marcelle C. Dawson -- Migrant mobilisation: structure and strategies for claiming rights in South Africa and Kenya / Zaheera Jinnah with Rio Holoday -- Unlocking the potential for civic action and structural change: reflections on mobilising social justice / Jeff Handmaker and Remko Berkhout -- Transforming our society / conference address by Yasmin Sooka -- A journey of personal discovery / conference address by Shakrukh Alam.