Moeletsi Mbeki

THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (SAIIA)

In conjunction with

THE PIETERMARITZBURG CHAMBER OF BUSINESS (PCB)

Invites you to confirm your attendance at the SAIIA Lunch

Guest Speaker: MOELETSI MBEKI

“What is Wrong with South Africa Today?”

Moeletsi Mbeki is a private business entrepreneur, director of several companies, and is Chairman of KMM Investments (Pty) Limited, Endemol South Africa (Pty) Limited and African Resources & Logistics Corporation (Arelco) (Pty) Ltd, as well as Deputy Chairman of SAIIA. Moeletsi is also the author of Architects of Poverty: Why African Capitalism Needs Changing, he edited Advocates for Change: How to Overcome Africa’s Challenges and he recently launched his latest book, A Manifesto for Social Change, How to Save SA. After returning to South Africa from exile in 1990, he was appointed Head of Communication for the Congress of South Africa Trade Unions, (Cosatu) and Media Consultant to the African National Congress. During most of the 1980s he was a Senior Journalist for Zimbabwe Newspapers. As a result of the outstanding work that he did for Zimbabwe Newspapers Features Department, he was awarded a Nieman Fellowship by Harvard University for the 1988 – 1989 academic year. Mbeki began his journalism career in London in 1979 as a contributor to Africa, New African, Africa Now magazines and the BBC Africa Service. He studied Building, Building Management and Sociology in England, obtaining an M.A. degree in Sociology from the University of Warwick in 1982. He worked in the construction industry in the United Kingdom and in Tanzania during the 1970s.

Date: 1 August 2016
Time: 12h30pm
Venue: Chamber House, Royal Showgrounds
COST (Includes VAT)
Members of PCB: R160
Non Members: R180
Students (on production of student cards): R125

Lunch will be served

A book seller will be present at the event selling Moeletsi’s latest book, A Manifesto for Social Change, How to Save SA