Seminar
Term 1: Critical public intellectuals assess 30 years of South African progress and regress
14 Feb: Ben Cashdan and Nolwazi Tusini (The Big Debate) “Framing Tough Conversations about South Africa’s Democracy: The role of the media”. Discussant Prof Ylva Rodny-Gumede (UJ)
21 Feb: Mametlwe Sebei (GIWUSA and UNISA) and Newton Masuku (THORN) – “Did Trade Unions choose Class Snuggle over Class Struggle since 1994?”
28 Feb: Na-eem Jeenah (Mapungubwe Institute) and Roshan Dadoo (BDS-SA) – “Internationalism and Geopolitics Before and After SA-Palestine Solidarity”
6 Mar: Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant (Open Secrets) – “Climate and Energy Crises”
13 Mar (TBC): NAME, “Lessons of Treatment Advocacy, from AIDS to Covid-19” – and NAME – “The Youth Then and Now”
20 Mar: Moeletsi Mbeki – “Economic Justice Opportunities Missed” – and Lebohang Pheko (The Trade Collective) – “Fractious International Economic Relations”
27 Mar: “From Revolution to ‘Development’ and Back” – Mercia Andrews (Trust for Community Outreach and Education), Brian Ashely and Dominic Brown (Alternative Information and Development Centre)
3 Apr: Dale Mckinley (International Labour Research and Information Group) – “Evolving Electoral Fortunes” – and Xolani Dube (Xubera Institute) – “Patrimonialism, Repression and Ethnicity in KwaZulu-Natal”