media releases - Colloquium on Mbeki@70

The closed session Colloquium on Mbeki@70, which is aimed at analysing Former President Thabo Mbeki’s intellectual output to the body of ideas that have contributed to national building and to Africa’s development, ends tomorrow (Saturday16 March 2013).

Top African academics from various universities around the world are attending the colloquium.

A number of media houses have requested interviews with the academics. In this regard, those journalists that wish to interview any of the visiting guests can come to the Kgorong Building at Unisa at 12:30 on Saturday.

You can indicate which academics you wish to interview by contacting:

Martin Ramotshela               :           076 486 3262

Email                                      :           ramotmm@unisa.ac.za

Miranda Strydom                  :           083 246 1053

Email                                      :           mirandas@tmfoundation.org.za

PARTICIPATING ACADEMICS

-       Dr. Molefi Asante (Temple University USA)

-       Prof. Peter Lawrence (Keele University, UK)

-       Prof.Mahmood Mamdani (Makerere University, Uganda)

-       Prof. Patricia McFadden (Swaziland)

-       Dr. Carlos Lopes (UN Economic Commission for Africa UNECA, Ethiopia)

-       Prof.Valentin Y Mudimbe (Duke University, USA)

-       Prof. Adebayo Olukoshi (United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning IDEP, Senegal)

-       Prof.Ebrima Sall (Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa CODESRIA, Senegal)

-      Prof.Helicy Ngambi (Mulungushi University, Zambia)