Former South African
Minister of Finance, Mr Trevor Manuel will make the keynote address on
Wednesday 18 September from 10h00 to 11h00.
Former Deputy
Minister of Finance, Mr Mcebisi Jonas, will lead a panel discussion that will
focus on State capture: The private sector, the constitution and
constitutionalism which will take place on Friday, 20 September from
11h00 to 13h00.
The overall theme for
this year’s SASCA seminar is Constitutionalism and the economy in Africa.
The participants will explore the role the constitution plays in dealing with
the critical economic challenges of our time. After nearly three decades
of the new wave of constitutional democracy in Africa, there has been some
measurable economic growth. However, overall poverty is still rampant and
inequality increasing. This raises a number of questions with regard to the
nature of the economy, the nature of the state, the relationship between them,
as well as the global economic order within which they have to operate.
We look forward to
welcoming you to these events. Please RSVP by 12h00 on Monday, 16 September
indicating which of the public sessions you would like to attend.
For more information,
contact Ms Nel-Mari Loock at 021 808 2652 or nelmvdmerwe@sun.ac.za or visit www.stias.ac.za/events.
Trevor Manuel
served in the South African government as Minister of Finance from 1996 to
2009, during the presidencies of Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema
Motlanthe, and subsequently as Minister in the Presidency under Jacob Zuma.
During his two decades as a Cabinet Minister, Manuel also served as a Member of
Parliament, representing the African National Congress.
His career highlights
include major social and economic developments within the South African economy.
As Minister of Trade and Industry, he led the process of reintegrating South
Africa into the global economy after decades of sanctions and disinvestment. He
introduced extensive support measures for small, medium and micro-enterprises
to boost local economic development and grow business enterprise.
As Chairperson of the
National Planning Commission, he oversaw the drafting of the first National
Development Plan.
Mr Manual has held
leadership positions within a several international bodies, including the United
Nations Commission for Trade and Development, the World Bank, the International
Monetary Fund, the G20, the African Development Bank and the Southern African
Development Community. He holds eight honorary doctorates from South
African tertiary institutions in a range of disciplines including Commerce, Law
and Technology as well as a Doctor of Laws from McMaster University, Canada. He
is currently Honorary Professor in the School of Development Policy &
Practice at the University of Cape Town where he is also a Senior Political
Fellow, and Professor Extraordinaire at the University of Johannesburg.
Mcebisi Jonas
served as Deputy Finance Minister in the South African government from 2014 to
2016. He has also been a Member of
the Executive Council for Economic Development and Environmental Affairs in
the Eastern
Cape Province and was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
from 2014 to 2017.
Jonas was born in
Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape. He has been politically active since the age of
14. He graduated from Vista University with a Bachelor of Arts in
History & Sociology, and a Higher Diploma in Education from Rhodes
University. After returning to South Africa from exile in the 1990s, he
served in the Eastern Cape government before being appointed to the National
Treasury.
His book After
Dawn: Hope After State Capture, published by Pan Macmillan South
Africa, analyses the crisis at the heart of our current system, which
places politics at the centre of policy making and implementation at the
expense of growth.