Post-Apartheid Challenges for South Africa:
Dealing with Past and Present Conflicts

A Seminar organised by the Norwegian Council for Africa (Fellesrådet for Afrika), International Reporter and the South Africa Programme at the (NCHR)

Speakers:

• Dumisa Ntsebeza, Former Head of the Investigative Unit of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Co-author (with Terry Bell) of ‘Unfinished Business: South Africa, Apartheid and Truth’
• Chris Landsberg, Director, Centre for Policy Studies, Johannesburg
• Amanda Hammar, Independent Researcher; PhD candidate, Roskilde University, Denmark
• Vidar Helgesen, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Chairpersons:

• Liv Tørres, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Research Council
• Sarah Chiumbu, Director, Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) - Zimbabwe

Date:

• 22 September 2004 (Wednesday), 10 am – 3 pm

Venue:

• Håndverkeren Konferansesenter, Rosenkrantzgt. 7, Oslo

The seminar is divided in three parts:

• Part 1 (10:00):
  Dumisa Ntsebeza: Unfinished Business: Apartheid and Truth
• Part 2 (11:30):
  Chris Landsberg: South Africa : True to its Democratic Ambitions for Zimbabwe?
• Part 3 (13:20):
  Panel Discussion : Elections in Zimbabwe 2005: A Turning Point for Zimbabwe?
  Participants: Amanda Hammar, Vidar Helgesen, Chris Landsberg

For more information:

• please refer to this website or Internasjonal Reporter
• or contact Camilla Houeland (at) 22 989312 / Camilla at Afrika.no,
• or Sigurd Jorde at 22 989311 / sigurd at afrika.no, replacing "at" with "@"

To register:

• please send a message to Afrika at afrika.no not later than 20 September, replacing "at" with "@"