Taming the Demons: Reflections on Xenophobia, Social Cohesion and Violence in Contemporary South Africa
Date: Friday 10 May 2013
Time: 9:00 - 15:30
Venue: Seminar Room, South West Engineering Building, East Campus, University of the Witwatersrand
PANELISTS:
Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
Sandile Memela, Chief Director of Social Cohesion, Department of Arts and Culture
Rashid Seedat, Head, Gauteng Planning Commission
Sicel'mpilo Shange-Buthane, Director, Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CORMSA)
RSVP: Lenore Longwe 011 717 4033 [log in to unmask]
11 May 2008 began two weeks of violence that left scores dead and tens of thousands displaced. Many of the victims were from beyond South Africa's borders. Others were citizens living amongst fellow South Africans who did not want them there. On the fifth anniversary of the 2008 'xenophobic' attacks, the ACMS is convening a workshop to reflect on the meaning of those attacks for the nature of South African society, where we have come in addressing the roots of communal violence, and the progressive governance of diversity.
9.00 - 11.00: Scarcity, Inequality and the Governance of Diversity
. Sandile Memela, Chief Director of Social Cohesion, Department of Arts and Culture
. Rashid Seedat, Head, Gauteng Planning Commission
. Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
. Sicel'mpilo Shange-Buthane, Director, Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CORMSA)
11.30 - 13.00: Rationing Rights; Obscuring Opportunity?: Reflections on Work, Labour and Livelihoods
14.00 - 15.30: Forging Communities on the Move: Space, Mobility and Discourses of Diversity
Full programme: http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1104275317294-89/TamingDemonsProgramme+Programme.pdf
This workshop is made possible with the support of the National Research Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies and The South African-Netherlands Research Programme on Alternatives in Development.
All are welcome.
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