The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) in collaboration with the Embassy of Palestine in South Africa will on Thursday, 12 October 2017 host a public Lecture on the plight of the Palestinian people at the University of Venda, Thohoyandou in Limpopo. The Lecture will be led by Mr Hashem Dajani, the Palestine Ambassador to South Africa.
The lecture amongst other seeks to engage the youth as future policy makers, the public, international organisations, politicians, and scholars on the unfolding issues in the international arena.
The discussion will revolve around some of the following themes: Palestine-Israeli relations; and a comparison discussion between the then nature of Apartheid in South Africa and today’s nature of Apartheid in Palestine.
Other speakers include: Advocate Sipho Mantula (Researcher at Institute for Dispute Resolution in Africa – UNISA); Siya Binza (Director: PESA (Political Economy Southern Africa) Student from UNIVEN; and Prof. Muxe Nkondo (Social Policy, National Strategists, and discourse analysis scholar and practitioner – Former Vice Chancellor of UNIVEN). The lecture will be followed by the screening of the Palestinian film.
The lecture forms part of a commitment made in the Cultural Agreement signed between the two countries. In previous years, the department has hosted Palestine Cultural Weeks and the United Nations International Day of Solidarity by showcasing Palestinian cultural heritage.
Members of the media are invited to attend the lecture as follows:
Date: 12 October 2017
Venue: University Art Gallery, University of Venda, Thohoyandou in Limpopo
Time: 09h00
To RSVP, please contact:
Madimetja Moleba
Cell: 072 842 6594
E-mail: madimetjam@dac.gov.za
For more information contact:
Teresa Magidela
Cell: 060 601 7724
E-mail: teresam@dac.gov.za;
