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On 14 March, former President Thabo Mbeki delivered short remarks during the 3rd TMALI Alumni leadership Forum which was themed "Building Africa's Next Generation of Thought Leaders".
He encouraged the forum to start a publication and contribute to the 'battle of ideas' and commented on the exhumation of Dr. AB Xuma, which Dr. Bongani Ngqulunga described as one of the manifestations of a retreat from Pan-Africanism in South Africa.
Dr. Bongani Ngqulunga is the Director: Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) at the University of Johannesburg, and he delivered the opening address during the Alumni leadership forum.
President Mbeki also spoke about what he called the formation of a 'new citizen' in South Africa and the necessity of familiarity with our own history.
On 14 March, former President Thabo Mbeki delivered short remarks during the 3rd TMALI Alumni leadership Forum which was themed "Building Africa's Next Generation of Thought Leaders".
He encouraged the forum to start a publication and contribute to the 'battle of ideas' and commented on the exhumation of Dr. AB Xuma, which Dr. Bongani Ngqulunga described as one of the manifestations of a retreat from Pan-Africanism in South Africa.
Dr. Bongani Ngqulunga is the Director: Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) at the University of Johannesburg, and he delivered the opening address during the Alumni leadership forum.
President Mbeki also spoke about what he called the formation of a 'new citizen' in South Africa and the necessity of familiarity with our own history.





![2018 International Womens Day lecture & panel discussion
The 2018 International Womens Day lecture and panel discussion is held to celebrate and reflect on the challenges and opportunities facing women across the world with a particular focus on women on the Africa continent. This year event will focus on what Feminism is and is not.
Lecturer:
Professor Pumla Gqola; Dean of Research at Fort Hare University
Panellists:
H.E. Ms Cecilia Julin, Ambassador of Sweden
Dr Brigalia Bam, Chairperson: Thabo Mbeki Foundation
Prof. Siphamandla Zondi, Head: Department of Political Science, University of Pretoria
Background:
Majority of women in Africa live outside state infrastructure that continues to nurture the ruling class[1]. The women’s movement witnessed during the struggle for independence has lost public visibility. Co-optation; partisan loyalties and corporatist arrangement made the movement ineffectual as women leaders resort to what McFadden calls ‘self-censorship’. These women ‘self-censor’ to express their loyalty because of fear of social and economic exclusion. Today many women’s movements on the continent declare themselves as feminist yet in practice they reinforce patriarchy. This has created a situation where some younger generation of women prefer to distance themselves from the notion of feminism. This public gathering seeks to call scholars, women leaders, activists and general public to an intergenerational discussion on these issues. 2018 International Womens Day lecture & panel discussion](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t2LBKMcUawY/mqdefault.jpg)




