Events - South Africa Office
Book presentation
The New Black Middle Class in South Africa
The Labour Studies Seminar Series, in partnership with the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung, will be launching "The New Black Middle Class in South Africa" by Roger Southall.
Book presentation
The New Black Middle Class in South Africa
Join author Roger Southall in conversation with Hlonipha Mokoena and Mosa Phadi on the history, sociology and politics of the black middle class in contemporary South Africa. For RSVP contact: Nancy.Msibi@kas.de Tel:011/214 2900
Expert conference
National Assembly: The socio-economic future of South Africa
SEFFSA Annual Summit 2016
Over 100 leaders representing a cross section of SA society responded to the invitation by Archbishop Thabo Makgoba to attend an urgent inaugural summit held in Johannesburg. The purpose was to discuss the Socio-Economic Future of South Africa(SEFSA)
Expert talk
Post-COP21 Expert-Roundtable-Discussion
“The Agreement of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris: Challenges and Opportunities for Africa”
The Roundtable discussion will reflect on the COP21 Paris Agreement and particularly what it will mean for South Africa.
Workshop
Advocacy Workshop - "The Press and Politics"
How community-driven media can cover elections and unite the democratic process
This intense workshop by Heather A. Thuynsma is aimed at community-driven media and intends to bolster their ability to cover key issues ahead of and during the 2016 Elections. The 3-day course is for people working in the field of media.
Discussion
Discourse Cafe with Pierre de Vos
Inter-generational conversations about local and global issues
The dialogue seeks to engage young and old South Africans in a conversation with Pierre de Vos on recent domestic and global issues South Africa is facing including: student protests, questions of race relations and the future of higher education.
Discussion
Policy Conversation 2016
To Protest or Not to Protest?
With the aim of better understanding the value of protests, as well as the opportunities that studentprotests present for affecting change on campus and in society, Student Labs Wits will be hosting itsfirst Policy Conversation for the year.
Book presentation
The New Black Middle Class in South Africa
Join author Roger Southall as he gives detail on the history, sociology and politics of the black middle class in contemporary South Africa. For RSVP contact: rsvp@ddp.org.za, Tel:031/304 9305
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Event Reports
Brazil’s Populist Pendulum: The Outcome and Lessons
SAIIA Speakers Meeting
Can Africa learn from Brazil´s history? Brazil and Africa; a country versus a whole continent, but nevertheless with common features. They have similar GDPs, but the population of Africa is about five times bigger than the population of Brazil. The effect is that Brazil's income per person is higher. Both Brazil and Africa have a historically similar low growth rates and share the ignominious character of globally leading wealth and income inequality.
Event Reports
Transformative Leadership confronts the past to shape the future we want
SA UBUNTU Networking Breakfast with Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng
The networking breakfast with Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng on 08 November 2019 focused on the topic “Transformative leadership confronts the past to shape the future we want”. The event was jointly hosted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the SA Ubuntu Foundation and is part of a series of networking breakfasts in the year 2019.
Event Reports
Can Democracy and Peace finally come to Mozambique?
SAIFAC Africa Forum Series
On 13 November the fourth and last event in the SAIFAC Africa Forum series for 2019 was held at Constitution Hill. The topic was “Can democracy and peace finally come to Mozambique?”. The series aims to draw on the experience of South Africa and connect it with developments in a particular country or group of countries. The speakers are legal and non-legal experts who provide critical analysis of their societies and an understanding of how to move them forward. The series is funded by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
Event Reports
Catalysing Indigenous Languages
United Nations declared 2019 The Year of Indigenous Languages (IY2019). This was done “in order to raise awareness, not only to benefit the people who speak these languages, but also to appreciate the important contribution they make to our world’s rich cultural diversity”. Indigenous languages worldwide face the threat of extinction.
Event Reports
Unpacking the Report of the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture
Breakfast Discussion with three experts of different backgrounds
“The first land to be confiscated by the Europeans in South Africa was part of what later became known as the Western Cape” (Final Report of the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture, p.23). From that genesis, Land Reform is one of the most important topics in South African politics since the 1994 transition to democracy.
Event Reports
Strong Cities 2030 Conference: Overcoming Urban Inequality
Strong Cities 2030 Initiative
"Innovative approaches to overcome urban inequality" was the theme of this year's international Strong Cities 2030 conference, hosted by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in partnership with the City of Johannes-burg, that took place from 13-15 October 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Event Reports
Freedom of Expression versus Hate Speech: Are we Striking a Balance in South Africa?
Roundtable Discussion
On 17 October 2019, the Centre for Unity and Diversity (CUD) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) hosted the third event of the Roundtable Discussion series. At the core of the presentations and the subsequent discussion was the question of where to draw the line be-tween freedom of speech and hate speech. The recent findings of the Courts and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on hate speech rooted the event in current affairs. To dig into the topic of hate speech more thoroughly, legal, psychological and political aspects were addressed.
Event Reports
The African Continental free trade agreement (AfCFTA): An enabler, not a deliverer
SAIIA Speakers Meeting with Prof Faizel Ismail
“…It is not trade and free-trade agreements that raise incomes, but the good-will and solidarity of the participating parties…”
Event Reports
Women and Justice
The Constitution @ Work - Breakfast Discussion Series 2 2019
On 28 August 2019, the Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) held another breakfast discussion as part of its Constitution @ Work series, presented in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS). This breakfast was held in commemoration of South Africa’s Women’s Month, which is celebrated in August annually.
Event Reports
Corporate Diplomacy: What is it and why is it important?
SAIIA Speakers Meeting with Tim Hughes
On September 17th, 2019, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) together with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and the Mountain Club of South Africa invited Tim Hughes as a keynote speaker on the subject of corporate diplomacy. During his speech he pointed out how multinational enterprises (MNEs) increasingly influence individual lives and political power.
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