Thursday, 13 February, 2014 - 17:30
Hosted by: Catherine Burns
'The trouble with being female in
politics:' A Roundtable Panel Discussion about Women and Politics in South
Africa Today
WiSER, 17:30 for 18:00-19:00
6th Floor Richard Ward Building, East Campus, University of
the Witwatersrand
The title of this discussion is taken from a piece written
by Rebecca Davis for the Daily Maverick.
From 17:30, please join us to mingle over refreshments;
followed by 30 minutes of presentation and 30 minutes for audience discussion.
About our speakers:
Rebecca Davis studied at Rhodes University and Oxford before
working in lexicography at the Oxford English Dictionary. Since 2011 she has
written for the Daily Maverick.
Khadija Patel is a journalist and writes on international
relations, human rights, women, and politics, with a shifting focus from South
Africa to Africa, to the rest of the world. She has just left the Daily
Maverick and is now a Writing Fellow at WiSER.
Eusebius McKaiser is a political analyst and well known
broadcaster at Power FM. A philosopher and champion debater he is the author of
A Bantu In My Bathroom and has just released his second book Could I vote DA? A
voter’s dilemma.
