Join Us for the POST-ELECTIONS DIALOGUE! The Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy, in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, invites you to a discussion on the 2024 General Elections.

Successful launches featuring the editors and authors of ‘The D-Word’ in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Gqeberha. For more details, visit: doi.org/10.52779/97819…

Join us for the Govan Mbeki Institutional Public Lecture! "Challenges to Industrialisation in South Africa and Africa: How to Overcome Them?" When: Tuesday, 6th August 2024 Time: 18:00 - 20:00 Where: Business School Auditorium, 2nd Avenue Campus

Join us for an engaging Youth Dialogue. 🗓 Date: Friday, 27 September 2024 📍 Venue: Council Chambers, South Campus ⏰ Time: 15:00 – 17:00 RSVP: [email protected]

📢 New publication alert! CANRAD Director, Prof Bheki Mngomezulu’s “Political and Civil Leadership in Africa: Changes and Transitions.” is now available. Download here: ddp.org.za/blog/wp-conten….

📢 You're Invited! Join us for The Herald and CANRAD Community Dialogue on "What is Wrong with Our Constitution? Reflections and Prospects" 📜 🗓 Date: Tuesday, 1 October 2024 📍 Venue: Nelson Mandela University, North Campus Conference Centre ⏰ Time: 17:30 - 19:30

📖 Book Launch Alert! Join us for a hybrid launch of The D-Word: Perspectives on Democracy in Tumultuous Times on Oct 10, 2024, 17:00 - 19:00 CEST at the Research Centre Global Dyamics (ReCentGlobe) at UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG Discussion in English. Join online recentglobe.de/druckfrisch1024.

🎓 Join us at Maastricht University for a #VectorsForChange lecture titled The Making(s) of Whiteness: Enduring Race and Its Intersectional Dynamics on Nov 13, 2024, 11:00-13:00 CET. Speaker: • Prof ChristivdWesthuizen (Mandela University) Location: FASoS Attic, GG80-82, Room 3.002

📢 Prof. Christi van der Westhuizen will present a seminar at UGent's Centre for Research on Culture and Gender: 🗒️ Why 'right-wing woman' is not an oxymoron: Lessons from the "volksmoeder" in South Africa. 📅 Nov 18, 2024 | 🕧 12:30 PM 📍 Faculty Room, Blandijnberg 2.

🎥 The D-Word: Perspectives on Democracy in Tumultuous Times featured on Druckfrisch! Edited by Christi van der Westhuizen, Siphiwe Dube, & Zwelethu Jolobe, this Global South collection explores democracy’s evolving challenges. 📽️ Watch now: youtu.be/1H0g7hEX6Bs

🌍 CANRAD secures a prestigious 3-year research grant from the Trans-Atlantic Platform on Democracy, Governance and Trust. Led by Prof. ChristivdWesthuizen & co-led by Prof. Bheki Mngomezulu, the other partners include WSU, Univ of São Paulo, Univ of Ottawa, & Swansea Univ.

📢 Join the Conversation! CANRAD, the Transformation Office, & KAS South Africa invite you to a Youth Dialogue: 🟣 Gender-Based Violence and Femicide: A Critical Exploration 📅 12 Feb | 📍 Council Chambers, South Campus | ⏰ 15:00 - 17:00 ✉ RSVP: [email protected]

🖤 Black History Month Lecture 2025 Theme: What should Africans do to reclaim their identity? 📅 25 Feb 2025 | 🕓 16:00 – 18:00 📍 Conference Centre, North Campus 📧 RSVP: [email protected] Join the conversation on African identity & reclaiming our narrative.

📢 WEBINAR: SDG IN DIALOGUE WITH ACADEMIA 🗓️ Sat, 5 April 2025 | ⏰ 14h00 – 17h00 💡What kind of South Africa are Academic Institutions educating, training, and nurturing young people for? 🔗 Register on Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🎓 Trans-Atlantic Online Seminar: Undisciplinarity: Towards Decolonial Critical Dialogue between the North and the South in the University in Africa 🗓️ Wednesday, 7 May 2025 ⏰ 16:00 SAST / 10:00 Ottawa / 11:00 São Paulo / 15:00 UK 🔗 Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/82027995041?…

📣 Join us for Afrika Indaba 2025 🗓️22 May | ⏰ 08:30–14:00 📍 Ocean Science Campus, NMU 🎯 Justice for Africans & People of African Descent Through Reparations RSVP: [email protected]

🗣️Join us for: RECLAIMING THE LAND, RECLAIMING THE TRUTH: Fanon’s Vision of Justice and Reconciliation 📅 Tues 22 July | ⏰ 17:30–19:30 📍 South End Museum, Humewood 🎥 Livestream: facebook.com/theheraldNMB

🌍 Youth Dialogue Mandela University Commemorating the International Day for People of African Descent 🗓 29 Aug 2025 | 12:00–14:00 📍 2nd Ave Campus, Business School, Room 0202 Theme: Exploring the African Divide

Join us for the 15th Steve Biko Annual Institutional Public Lecture Power and Activism for Total Liberation and Justice in South Africa 🗓 12 Sept 2025 | ⏰ 18h00–20h00 📍 NMU Business School Auditorium 🎙 Adv Dr Muzi Sikhakhane 📧 RSVP: [email protected]

Youth Colloquium 2025 🗓️ 23 Sept | ⏰ 1–5 PM 📍 Council Chambers, South Campus Mandela University Hosted by CANRAD + Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung A platform for youth voices shaping democracy & inclusivity.