Public Conversations 2010:
What makes us South African?

Event date: 25 October 2010

Will South Africans continue to fly the flag as avidly as they did during the World Cup, and if so, what will it mean? What truly makes us South African and how has the post-apartheid state succeeded, or failed, in fostering an inclusive national identity? We will address these questions by looking at how ethnicity, language, and class combine in the making of the South African identity, and how this national project is unsettled by the country's troubled reaction to immigrants and refugees.

• Mail & Guardian editorial by Mark Gevisser (Read more)
   
• Radio 702's Redi Tlhabi speaks with Mark Gevisser and Loren Landau about identifying an inclusive SA national identity (Listen to the audio)
   
• Kgomotso Matsunyane on South African identity (Listen to the audio)
   
• Professor Loren Landau on South African identity (Listen to the audio)
   
• View the photo gallery

We would like to thank the Mail & Guardian newspaper for co-sponsoring the Public Conversations 2010 series.