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After Mandela and Mbeki—The Future of South Africa

Location: OSI-New York
Event Date: May 27, 2009
Speakers: Mark Gevisser, Marcus Mabry, Jonny Steinberg

The Open Society Institute, together with The Nation magazine, hosted a conversation on the politics of South Africa following its April presidential elections.

Panelists

  • Mark Gevisser, South Africa correspondent for The Nation and author of A Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the Future of the South African Dream.
  • Marcus Mabry, New York Times journalist and former Newsweek Johannesburg bureau chief.
  • Jonny Steinberg, South African writer, journalist, and policy analyst, and current Open Society Fellow.
Related Information

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Jonny Steinberg
May 18, 2009
In this article for Business Day, Open Society Fellow Jonny Steinberg looks at the extraordinary role of sex in recent South African politics.

The Unwritten Rules of Policing in South Africa and the United States
OSI-New York
April 13, 2009
Open Society Fellow Jonny Steinberg and Herb Sturz spoke about the controversial police practice of "stop-and-search" and broader lessons for criminal justice reforms in emerging democracies.

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