The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) invites you to a roundtable discussion exploring the question:

“Are we witnessing the return of identity politics?”

In response to the growing influence of identity-based politics in South Africa and around the world, MISTRA will host a roundtable discussion that reflects on how South Africans construct and express their identities in a changing political landscape.

The roundtable will engage with key themes, including:

• South Africa’s 2024 elections and identity politics.
• The rise of ethnically and linguistically based politics.
• Youth identities in South Africa.
• Gender and identity in South Africa.
• Migration and regional African solidarities.
• The role of economic inequality in shaping (non)belonging.

Several panels, composed of leading scholars and public intellectuals, will engage in dialogue on the intersections of identity, politics and nation-building.