Category: Events
Voting for South Africa
By John Battersby
Twenty-five years ago, the crowds that gathered in Trafalgar Square to protest and demonstrate against apartheid South Africa played a major role in galvanising international opinion against apartheid and hastening its downfall. Yesterday, South Africans gathered in their thousands in orderly queues to have their say in the future of the democratic South [...]
SA in early 2009: an assessment
In an important address at Chatham House in London on January 23, Michael Spicer, CEO of Business Leadership South Africa, International Marketing Council trustee and former executive vice president of Anglo American plc, gave a candid of assessment of the state of play in South Africa on the eve of elections. Here is the [...]
View PostIan Goldin on the role diasporas can play
Ian Goldin, director of the 21st Century School at Oxford, spoke at GSA launch in London last month. Here are his speaking notes:
The South African Diaspora played a major role in overcoming apartheid and sustaining the anti-apartheid struggle, as well as providing support to the ANC and others in exile. The return of South Africans [...]
GSA Launches in London
“Once a South African, always a South African,” Moeketsi Mosola, Acting CEO of the International Marketing Council, told guests at a dinner to launch the GSA initiative in London organised by IMC’s UK country manager John Battersby and hosted by the SA High Commission. Here is SABC’s report:
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View PostKZN Ebandla
If you consider yourself a daughter or son of KwaZulu-Natal, and you want to be part of the province’s success story, you’re invited to a reunion at the Harvard Club in New York on October 2.
The reunion is part of the KZN Ebandla initiative launched by the province’s premier, S’bu Ndebele, to enlist successful KZN [...]
Kendall College hosts GSA and Homecoming Revolution at April 24 event
GSA David Donenberg is Kendall College’s Chief Operating Officer. The College is a premier culinary arts, hospitality management, business and education facility situated in the heart of vibrant, entrepreneurial Chicago.
GSA members, and potential members are invited to our Chicago event, co-hosted with Homecoming Revolution to be held on April 24 at 6:00 to 8:00 pm [...]
GSA/Homecoming Revolution Joint Events
GSA will join with Homecoming Revolution — www.homecomingrevolution.co.za on their upcoming Canada/North America trip to host several events in Chicago, New York and Washington, DC.
Homecoming Revolution tries to encourage South Africans living abroad to return home and provides support for their return. GSA recognises that some South Africans have made the US their home and [...]
