The Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation invites you to a public conversation on the topic “The state of ubuntu in South Africa: driver of change or buzzword?” on 23 November 2015.

Programme

• 09h30 – 10h00: Welcome
• 10h00 – 10h40: Opening speech by Dr Reuel Jethro Khoza (AKA Capital Limited)
• 10h40 – 11h00: Discussion
• 11h00 – 12h30: Discussion: ‘Ubuntu and change in South Africa: an ethical perspective’, by Colin Chasi (University of Johannesburg), Joel Modiri (University of the Witwatersrand), Barbara Nussbaum (independent author), Leonhard Praeg (Rhodes University).
• 12h30 – 12h45: Discussion
• 12h45 – 13h30: Lunch
• 13h30 – 15h00: Discussion: ‘Reflecting on the economic, social and ecological applications of ubuntu’, by Dumisani Magadlela (Pan African Capacity Building Programme), Nceku Nyathi (University of Cape Town), Christelle Terreblanche (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Kevin Behrens (University of the Witwatersrand).
• 15h00 – 15h30: Discussion
• 15h30: Closing

To download the programme, click here.

Date: 23 November 2015
Venue: Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation, Old College House, University of Pretoria
RSVP: Amy Giliam ([email protected]) by 20 November

This event is hosted by the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation in partnership with the project ‘The meaning and value of Ubuntu in human and social development in Africa’, carried out by the University of Pretoria and funded by the Templeton Foundation.