 Quarterly Roundtable Series: Identity
On 10 March 2010, the Helen Suzman Foundation, in association with
The Open Society Foundation For South Africa, held a Roundtable on:
Identity: Are there any
South Africans?
The emergence of South Africa's democratic polity in 1994 also
witnessed the triumph of the ideology of nonracialism. This ideology
has deep roots in South African cultural and political history. Does
the advent of nonracialism necessarily mean we have abandoned
historical patterns of identity? Alternativley, how do these patterns
reassert themselves in our political, cultural, social and economic
life?
Most commentators will accept that South African identity is layered.
What exactly do we mean by this and what are the values that need to be
identified and reflected on that underpin this layered identity? The
President has recently posed some of these questions when he raised
concerns about how we judge our values as a society and how we judge
other communities within our society.
Chair: Francis Antonie, Director HSF
Presenters and panelists:
Ivor Chipkin, social scientist;
Antjie Krog, writer;
William Gumede, political analyst;
Eusebius McKaiser, columnist.
A summary of the event will be posted on the website
shortly, followed by the edited transcript.
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