macro-social trends in South Africa
20 June 2006
Media are invited to attend the launch of A Nation in the Making: a
Discussion Document on Macro-social Trends in South Africa on Friday, 23 June
2006. Intellectuals, opinion makers and civil society representatives have been
invited to the launch, which will take the form of a panel discussion by
experts in the field with the aim of creating a nation wide dialogue on the
character of our society and what we want to become.
This discussion document by Policy Co-ordination and Advisory Services in
The Presidency presents areas critical for nation building and findings that
talk to societal values and practices. It identifies major trends that require
attention and national effort, not only of government but of all our society in
pursuit of an inclusive, caring and prosperous society.
Among other things the discussion document addresses issues of how the
material conditions impacting on the quality of life of South Africans have
changed since the advent of democracy; how South African society has changed
since 1994; how South Africans define themselves and how diverse and
overarching identities and value systems affect citizensâ aspirations and what
characterises the emerging sense of South Africanness.
The launch will take place as follows:
Venue: CSIR Conference Centre
Date: Friday, 23 June 2006
Time: 09h00 â 13h00
Lunch: 13h00
RSVP: Yoliswa Hardy at (012) 314 2812 or Yoliswa@gcis.gov.za or Lindo Nkomonde (012)
314 2271 or Lindo@gcis.gov.za
Enquiries:
Harold Maloka
Cell: 082 847 9799
Issued by: Government Communication and Information System (GCIS)
20 June 2006
