Presented by the Jakes Gerwel Foundation and the ATKV
The Jakes Gerwel Discussions are supported by NB Publishers, Jonathan Ball, Penguin Random House SA, Bookstorm, the Afrikaans Language Council and Vriende van Afrikaans.
All events are free, but book your place with Theo Kemp: theo@jgf.org.za. Books of all the writers on the programme, will be sold by Wordsworth at the venue.
Chris Hani: A life too short
In collaboration with Jonathan Ball
With Janet Smith, Beauregard Tromp, Justice Malala and Ayesha Ismail
Language: Eng
Venue: ATKV Innovation Lounge
Date and time: 30 April 13:00
Duration: 60 min
Price: Free, book at theo@jgf.org.za
The assassination of Chris Hani thirty years ago and the High Court’s recent decision to grant parole to his murderer, Janusz Waluś, again raise an important question in our history: What would have been the political impact on South Africa if Hani was still alive today?
Janet Smit is a former newspaper editor and the author of Patrice Motsepe. She was also a co-author of The
Coming Revolution: Julius Malema and the Fight for Economic Freedom and The Black Consciousness Reader.
Award-winning journalist Beauregard Tromp is the Africa editor of the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. He has also worked for the Mail & Guardian and The Star newspaper.
The other panelists are:
- Ayesha Ismail, veteran print & broadcast journalist, producer, director, trainer, and consultant.
- Justice Malala, one of South Africa’s foremost political commentators, columnists, TV presenters and the bestselling author of We Have Now Begun Our Descent: How to Stop South Africa Losing its Way and The Plot to Save South: The Week Mandela Averted Civil War and Forged a New Nation; Let Them Eat Cake: How I Ate My Way Through Mbeki, Polokwane, Zuma and Beyond and Before the rains came.
