Past Strategic Reflections

MISTRA’s 9th Annual PGM Roundtable

27 November 2024

Zoom Webinar

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is hosting its Ninth Annual Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Roundtable.

Migration in South Africa: Conflicts and Identities

6 November 2024

Zoom Webinar

9:30 am - 11:30 am

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to the launch of its latest publication Migration in South Africa: Conflicts and Identities.

Thucydides Trap – Challenges and Opportunities for Africa

10 - 11 October 2024

Hybrid

9:30 am - 5:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institutes for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) invites you to a special two-day hybrid conference on global geopolitics.

Analysis of South Africa’s 2024 Election

15 August 2024

Hybrid

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) invites you to the release of MISTRA’s 2024 Elections Analysis Report.

The voters have had their say in South Africa’s 7th democratic national election. MISTRA’s report analyses their choices and the nature of the coalition governments that resulted.

Mapungubwe Annual Lecture 2024

6 August 2024

Hybrid

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), in partnership with the University of Johannesburg, invites you to the 12th Mapungubwe Annual Lecture.

The Annual Lecture occupies a prestigious place in the intellectual landscape of South Africa. It has attracted wide audiences, nationally, continentally, and globally since it was first launched in 2012.

This year’s lecture will be delivered by South African lawyer, public speaker and author, Adv Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC. The theme is “Critiques of Constitutionalism 30 Years On.”

MISTRA Coalitions Barometer 2021–2023: Lessons for the National and Provincial Sphere

22 May 2024

Lindiwe Mabuza Space, Fredrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Africa, Johannesburg

10:15 am - 11:30 am

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), invites you to a virtual roundtable on the MISTRA Coalitions Barometer 2021–2023: Lessons from the Research for National or Provincial Coalitions

Africa in the Age of the Thucydides Trap: Searching for global leadership and strategic thought

14 May 2024

South Africa

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection invites you to an online roundtable discussion with representatives of some of the parties contesting the upcoming elections on the topic Africa in the Age of the Thucydides Trap: Searching for global leadership and strategic thought.

Democratic South Africa’s Relations with Palestine and Israel

30 April 2024

Zoom Webinar

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Presentations by

Na’eem Jeenah, Ambassador Nozipho Mxakato-Diseko & Former Ambassador Welile Nhlapo

Moderated by Dr Yacoob Abba Omar

Why Innovations Live or Die: South Africa’s Innovation System

29 February 2024

Hybrid

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

MISTRA’s new book, Why Innovations Live or Die: South Africa’s innovation system interrogates the notion of a National System of Innovation (NSI) and the issues surrounding it. Contributing authors argue that the fundamental question is about the relevance of innovations to the country’s citizens, and whether the system promotes economic growth, social inclusion and initiative across all sectors of the population.

Authors examine lessons from some highly promising research endeavours that fell by the wayside. Importantly, the book also interrogates the successes of South African innovations that have impacted positively on people’s lives. Varied chapters trace the journeys of undertakings such as the Joule electric car; the Square Kilometre Array; the Pebble-bed Modular Reactor, and transdisciplinary efforts on HIV and Covid-19.

The authors make a case for a system of innovation that functions as a holistic domain, straddling a variety of disciplines and spatial issues, and offer recommendations to this end.

MISTRA invites you to the launch, which will include a panel discussion on some of these key themes.

Please join us and contribute to this important conversation by registering to attend the event online.

Lecture

Mapungubwe Annual Lecture 2023

6 December 2023

Hybrid

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) would like to invite you to the 11th Mapungubwe Annual Lecture.

The Trajectory of Technological Innovations after Research and Development

5 December 2023

CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) invites you to a side event at the upcoming Science Forum South Africa 2023 on ‘The Trajectory of Technological Innovations after Research and Development’.

8th Annual PGM Roundtable

6 September 2023

Zoom Webinar

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

MISTRA is pleased to invite you to its eighth Annual Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Roundtable, scheduled to take place on the 6 of September 2023. The 2023 PGM roundtable aims to take forward the discussion on the just transition to a low carbon economy for the PGM industry. The discussion will be centred around the need for sustainable mining in the sector as well as how to leverage PGM technologies to improve South Africa’s renewable energy industries to pursue a just transition.

The MISTRA Roundtable has been an annual event since 2016, as a direct outcome of the 2013 research titled South Africa and the Global Hydrogen Economy: The strategic role of PGMs and the Hydrogen Economy. Each year stakeholders in the PGM industry gather at this roundtable to review implementation of the vision for the sector.

Discussion on Macro-social Trends in South Africa

20 July 2023

Zoom

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to its upcoming online discussion on ‘Macro-social Trends in South Africa’, on the 20th of July 2023.

The discussion will be anchored on the most recent Macro-social Report (MSR) 2022 that was produced by MISTRA and the University of Johannesburg Faculty of Humanities in consultation with the Policy and Research Services at The Presidency. The 2022 MSR examines human development indicators and macro-economic changes that significantly impact on social trends such as structural economic changes in the global context, changes in social conditions, identity and social cohesion.

Protest in South Africa: Rejection, reassertion, reclamation

28 February 2023

Zoom

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), in partnership with the Wits School of Governance (WSG) invites you to the launch of MISTRA’s latest edited research volume, Protest in South Africa: Rejection, reassertion, reclamation.

Edited by Heidi Brooks, Rekgotsofetse Chikane and Shauna Mottiar, the volume explores South Africa’s post-1994 protest landscape with a view to understanding the dynamics, underpinnings and implications of contemporary protest. Exploring the multifaceted and interconnected drivers of protest, the volume illuminates both short term causes and institutional and structural drivers, while highlighting some of the strategic challenges that emerge from popular unrest.

7th Annual PGM Roundtable

26 October 2022

Zoom

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to its 7th Annual Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Roundtable, scheduled to take place on the 26^th of October 2022.

Lecture

Mapungubwe Annual Lecture 2022

5 October 2022

Zoom

9:00 am - 11:00 am

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), in partnership with the University of Johannesburg, invites you to the 10^th Mapungubwe Annual Lecture on 05 October 2022.

Conference

Conference on developing a Pan-African agenda dealing with global issues

28 September 2022

Zoom or CSIR ICC

9:30 am - 4:30 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) South Africa, Institute for Global Dialogue and National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) are pleased to invite you to a conference on ‘’Developing a Pan-African Agenda Dealing with Global Issues’’ on 28 September 2022.

Webinar

Renewing South Africa’s Ethical Foundations in the Aftermath of the Zondo Commission’s Findings on State Capture

28 July 2022

Zoom

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

MISTRA is pleased to invite you to a webinar that brings together contributing authors from its 2018 publication, titled Seeking the Ethical Foundations of the South African Nation, to reflect on the ongoing relevance of the themes of the volume in the aftermath of the Zondo Commission’s final report on state capture. The webinar will take place under the theme: “Can South Africa build a renewed ethical foundation for its democracy in the aftermath of state capture?”

Policy Discussion

Policy Discussion on Reforms for Appointing City Managers

21 July 2022

Zoom

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) wishes to invite you to a webinar discussion of our latest policy paper publication, titled: Two city managers, one municipality: Why reforms are urgent. The policy paper is authored by Prof Mcebisi Ndletyana, a MISTRA Research Associate and Professor at the University of Johannesburg’s Department of Politics and International Relations.

Panel Discussion

Policy Discussion on Youth Entrepreneurship Development Strategies

23 March 2022

Zoom

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) invites you to a webinar on Orienting development interventions to young people’s realities: Recommendations and possible responses from youth programmes. This strategic policy conversation, in partnership with the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), will bring together a young entrepreneur and beneficiary of a youth entrepreneurship programme, and contributing authors to MISTRA’s 2021 research volume, Youth in South Africa: Agency, (in)visibility and national development.

Book Launch

A Just Transition to Low Carbon Futures

24 February 2022

Zoom

11:00 am - 1:30 pm

MISTRA is pleased to invite you to the launch of our latest research publication entitled, Ajust transition to a low carbon future in South Africa. The research-based volume edited by Nqobile Xaba and Saliem Fakir aims to broaden the discourse on the low-carbon transition in South Africa, and explore the opportunities and impediments in making the transition fair, affordable and socioeconomically viable.

Book Launch

When Wedding Bells Ring: Coalitions with(out) concord: Analysis of South Africa’s 2021 local elections and coalitions

14 December 2021

Online

11:00 am - 12:30 am

Join MISTRA at the next Business Day DialoguesLIVE, in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung South Africa (FES), with a diverse group of panelists, including Professor Susan Booysen, Joel Netshitenzhe, Advocate Jennica Beukes and Professor Mcebisi Ndletyana as they launch MISTRA’s report on When Wedding Bells Ring: Coalitions with(out) concord: Analysis of South Africa’s 2021 local elections and coalitions.

Conference

Science Forum South Africa 2021

2 December 2021

Room 3 - SFSA Website

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to announce it will be presenting the findings of its priority research project, LEAP 4.0: African Perspectives on the Fourth Industrial Revolution at the Science Forum South Africa (SFSA) on the 2nd December 2021.

The SFSA is hosted by the Department of Science and Innovation under the theme, “Igniting conversations for World Science Forum 2022”.

Webinar

Rebuild SA Webinar Series

24 November 2021

Zoom

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) and Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is hosting a series of seminars under the theme ‘Rebuild’. This comes in the wake of the recent turmoil in KZN and Gauteng; the devastating impact of Covid 19 on lives, livelihoods and our democracy generally; the low economic growth SA was experiencing before the pandemic, and which worsened in 2020; and the challenges the state has been facing generally post the period of state capture.

Youth in South Africa Book Launch

23 November 2021

Zoom

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) invites you to the launch of MISTRA’s latest research publication entitled, Youth in South Africa: Agency, (in)visibility and national development.

This research-based volume, edited by Professor Ariane De Lannoy, Professor Malose Langa and Dr Heidi Brooks, takes stock of the nation’s development as it affects young people, and brings together the work of researchers, practitioners and activists, many of whom are young people themselves. The authors offer both personal and professional insights into the ways in which the youth navigate their own pathways to adulthood.

Webinar

Rebuild SA Webinar Series

28 October 2021

Zoom

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) and Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is hosting a series of seminars under the theme ‘Rebuild’. This comes in the wake of the recent turmoil in KZN and Gauteng; the devastating impact of Covid 19 on lives, livelihoods and our democracy generally; the low economic growth SA was experiencing before the pandemic, and which worsened in 2020; and the challenges the state has been facing generally post the period of state capture.

Panel Discussion

Resurgence of Social Democracy in Germany

13 October 2021

Zoom

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

What is to be expected from a possible new coalition government?

Social Democrats have won recent parliamentary elections in Germany – elections that significantly altered the German political landscape and raised international interest: How did Social Democrats mount their comeback? (see analysis of the results: https://www.fes.de/en/german-election).

Webinar

Rebuild SA Webinar Series

29 September 2021

Zoom

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) and Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is hosting a series of seminars under the theme ‘Rebuild’. This comes in the wake of the recent turmoil in KZN and Gauteng; the devastating impact of Covid 19 on lives, livelihoods and our democracy generally; the low economic growth SA was experiencing before the pandemic, and which worsened in 2020; and the challenges the state has been facing generally post the period of state capture.

Roundtable

6th Annual PGM Roundtable

15 September 2021

Zoom

2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to take part in its Sixth Annual Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Roundtable on the 15^th of September 2021.

Conference

MISTRA’s Tenth Anniversary Conference

31 August 2021

Zoom

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Over ten years ago, a group of South Africans came together with a vision for a new intellectual platform – a strategic, independent and transdisciplinary home for thinkers to explore long-term solutions to the challenges facing our young democracy. They formed the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), committed to exploring what makes a nation succeed.

MISTRA undertook a daring interrogation of issues of nation-formation, economic growth and social equity, as well as arts, culture, science and technology.

Lecture

Mapungubwe Annual Lecture 2021

31 August 2021

Zoom

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) would like to invite you to the 10^th Mapungubwe Annual Lecture.

The Annual Lecture, hosted in partnership with the University of Johannesburg, is a flagship event in our strategic reflections programme. It occupies a prestigious place in the intellectual landscape and has attracted wide audiences since it was first launched in 2012.

This year’s lecture will be delivered by Jonathan D. Ostry, Deputy Director of the Asia and Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the theme: Will Covid-19 Raise Inequality? Evidence from Past Pandemics and Crises.

Webinar

MISTRA’s Women’s Month Webinar

11 August 2021

Zoom

9:00 am - 11:00 am

MISTRA is pleased to invite you to the launch of a working paper, The Perpetual Motion Machine: National co-ordinating structures and strategies addressing gender-based violence in South Africa, authored by Lisa Vetten.

Book Launch

The politics of coalitions in South Africa

8 July 2021

Zoom

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in partnership with the Wits School of Governance is pleased to invite you to the launch of MISTRA’s latest research publication entitled, Marriages of Inconvenience: The politics of coalitions in South Africa on the 8^th July 2021.

Webinar

Youth in the time of a global pandemic

22 June 2021

Zoom

10:00 am - 12:00 am

As part of MISTRA’s priority research project on Youth and National Development, and to mark Youth Month in South Africa, we invite you to the release of our Working Paper, Youth in the time of a global pandemic: An analysis of recent data on young people’s experiences during COVID-19.

Roundtable

Roundtable on Public Procurement and Black Entrepreneurship in South Africa

4 May 2021

Zoom

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Last year February, MISTRA launched a publication on Beyond Tenderpreneurship: Rethinking Black Business and Economic Empowerment. In addition to MISTRA’s submission to National Treasury on the Procurement Bill, we plan to host a follow up discussion on the use of public procurement to achieve structural reform and market restructuring in the broad political economy of South Africa on the 4^th of May 2021.

Webinar on Covid-19, Geopolitics and the Belt and Road Initiative

17 March 2021

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

In 2020, MISTRA developed a working paper to seek clarity on how COVID-19 impacts geopolitical relations around the world, with an emphasis on relations between China and Africa.

Land in South Africa: Contested Meanings and Nation Formation

24 February 2021

Zoom Webinar

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

MISTRA is launching its publication on, ‘Land in South Africa: Contested Meanings and Nation Formation’ on the 24^th of February 2021.

Mintirho ya Vulavula: Arts, National Identities and Democracy

10 February 2021

Zoom Meetings

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to the launch of its latest research publication entitled Mintirho ya Vulavula: Arts, national identities and democracy in South Africa.

Book Launch

Leap 4.0: African perspectives on the Fourth Industrial Revolution

10 December 2020

Zoom Webinar

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) wishes to invite you to the launch of its new edited volume titled: Leap 4.0: African perspectives on the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The publication interrogates the societal value of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and its broader social impact while providing practical research outcomes such as policy advice and recommendations.

Mapungubwe Annual Lecture 2020

2 December 2020

Zoom Webinar

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in partnership with the University of Johannesburg (UJ) is pleased to invite you to the 8th Mapungubwe Annual Lecture 2020.

MISTRA Annual PGM Roundtable 2020

5 November 2020

Zoom Webinar

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to its Fifth Annual Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Roundtable on the 5th November 2020. Taking place under the theme, Building a PGM Industry Social Compact for South Africa, this year’s roundtable aims to facilitate the central coordination of PGM activities in the country. In addition, MISTRA will launch a consolidated report on MISTRA’s previous annual PGM roundtables, entitled ‘Partnerships for PGM Beneficiation through the Hydrogen Economy’.

Book Launch

Understanding South Africa’s Democratic Trajectory Report Launch

15 October 2020

Zoom Webinar

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in partnership with the Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF-SA) would like to invite you to the launch of the report, Understanding South Africa’s Democratic Trajectory: A comparative analysis of post-colonial societies.

Convention

LEAP 4.0: South Africa’s Leap into the Technological Future

29 September 2020

Zoom Webinar (http://mistraleap4.org.za/)

1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) wishes to invite you to participate in the LEAP 4.0 Convention. LEAP 4.0 is intended to bring together minds that will discuss practical strategies to proactively take advantage of the developments presented by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The objective is to help our country and the continent to ‘leapfrog’ towards a digital future.

Roundtable on the ‘Challenges facing basic education in South Africa and the impact of Covid-19′

19 August 2020

Zoom Webinar

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

At the end of 2017, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) launched the publication, Reimagining Basic Education in South Africa: Lessons from the Eastern Cape, examining the roles of power and politics, governance, management and accountability in the transformation of South Africa’s education system. As a follow-up to this research, and in the contemporary context of the Covid-19 pandemic, MISTRA is hosting an online roundtable on the ‘Challenges facing basic education in South Africa and the impact of Covid-19’.

Panel Discussion

The need for a Transdisciplinary approach to South Africa’s Covid-19 crisis

2 July 2020

Zoom Webinar

11:00 am - 12:30 am

Strategic reflection has become necessary on how transdisciplinarity can play a mitigating role in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The shape-shifting characteristics of the virus clearly indicates that medical science, on its own, is limited in the understanding of the effects of the virus on global populations. More holistic interventions are needed in our understanding of the pandemic and in this regard, transdisciplinarity, understood more as a research approach than a methodology, provides that opportunity.

COVID-19 Message from Executive Director

27 March - 16 April 2020

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The spread of the COVID-19 has now reached a critical phase in our country, which has necessitated that institutions, communities and individuals act decisively to contain the virus. During this time of heightened concern, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) would like to assure you that we will do our best to ensure our business continues, with minimal interruptions.

Beyond Tenderpreneurship: Rethinking Black Business and Economic Empowerment Book Launch

27 February 2020

GEN Africa – 22 on Sloane, Corner William Nicol Drive & Sloane Street, Bryanston

5:00 pm - 8:30 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to the launch of our latest research publication entitled: Beyond Tenderpreneurship: Rethinking Black Business and Economic Empowerment on Thursday, 27 February 2020.

Book Launch

Africa and the World: Navigating Shifting Geopolitics Book Launch

3 February 2020

Future Africa Campus, University of Pretoria, Conference Room 1, Pretoria

5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to the launch of its latest publication, Africa and the World: Navigating shifting geopolitics on Monday, 3rd February 2020.

Book Launch

Fourth Annual Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Roundtable

25 November 2019

JSE Limited, Gwen Lane, Sandown

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to its Fourth Annual Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Roundtable on the 25th November 2019. This year, the roundtable will include a launch of MISTRA’s latest research report on PGMs, entitled: A South African PGM Exchange: Policy Rationale for Financial Beneficiation.

Lecture

Mapungubwe Annual Lecture 2019

4 September 2019

UJ Bunting Road Campus, FADA Auditorium

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in partnership with the University of Johannesburg (UJ) will be hosting the Mapungubwe Annual Lecture 2019 on the 4th September 2019. Prof Giorgio Romano Schutte will deliver the lecture themed: The age of unreason and ignominy – can we judge the people’s judgement?

Book Launch

Epidemics and Healthcare Systems in Africa

15 July 2019

FNB Conference Centre, 114 Grayston Drive, Sandton

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to the launch of its latest publication, Epidemics and Healthcare Systems in Africa.

Conference

Arts and National Development Imbizo

10 - 11 April 2019

NIHSS, 24 St Andrews Rd, Parktown, Johannesburg

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

MISTRA is pleased to invite you to an Imbizo on Arts and National Development that will be held in partnership with the NIHSS from the 10th until 11th April 2019. The imbizo will take place under the theme: “Rethinking the Positioning of the Arts in South Africa”.

Book Launch

Traditional Leaders in a Democracy: Resources, Respect and Resistance

28 February 2019

NIHSS, 24 St Andrews Rd, Parktown, Johannesburg

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in partnership with the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) is pleased to invite you to the launch of MISTRA’s latest publication – an edited volume titled, Traditional Leaders in a Democracy: Resources, Respect and Resistance.

Book Launch

The Future of Mining in South Africa

12 December 2018

CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria

9:00 am - 12:00 am

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to the launch of its latest publication, The Future of Mining in South Africa: Sunset or Sunrise. The research report is the first of its kind in South Africa and aims to break the fragmentation in the future of mining debates as well as bring the highly contested views into unifying conversations.

Colloquium

A Case for PGM Exchange

28 November 2018

JSE Limited, One Exchange Square, Ubuntu Conference Room, Gwen Lane, Sandown

11:00 am - 5:00 pm

In its 2013 research project on South Africa and the Global Hydrogen Economy – The Strategic Role of Platinum Group Metals, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) assessed the utility of PGM in the nascent Hydrogen Economy. The Institute’s current research project seeks to determine the feasibility of establishing a PGM Exchange in South Africa.

Roundtable

Annual Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Roundtable

27 - 27 September 2019

Gallagher Convention Centre, 19 Richard Drive, Midrand

9:30 am - 1:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to its Third Annual Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Roundtable. MISTRA’s Annual PGM roundtable is a day-long engagement seeking to identify and address some of the most challenging issues facing the PGM industry presently and beyond.

Book Launch

Whiteness, Afrikaans and Afrikaners

30 August 2018

Nelson Mandela Foundation,107 Central Street, Houghton

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection(MISTRA) in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation are pleased to invite you to the launch of MISTRA’s latest publication, Whiteness, Afrikaans and Afrikaners: Addressing Post-Apartheid Legacies, Privileges and Burdens.

Workshop

Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy Scenarios

10 July 2018

Cedarwoods of Sandton, 120 Western Service Rd, Woodmead

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), in partnership with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) South Africa, is pleased to invite you to a research workshop on the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy Scenarios taking place on the 10th July 2018 at Cedarwoods of Sandton.

Book Launch

Beyond Imagination

11 - 11 April 2019

CSIR International Convention Centre, Meiring Naude Rd, Brummeria, Pretoria

9:00 am - 11:00 am

MISTRA is pleased to invite you to the launch of its newest book: Beyond Imagination: The Ethics and Applications of Nanotechnology and Bio-Economics in South Africa on the 11 April 2018 at the CSIR.

Conference

Indlulamithi South Africa Scenarios 2030 Research Conference

1 - 2 March 2018

Gordon Institute for Business Science (GIBS), Auditorium, 26 Melville Road, Illovo

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

MISTRA is leading the research and methodology of the Indlulamithi South Africa Scenarios 2030 project. After a series of workshops and interviews over the past few months MISTRA will host a research conference, on behalf of Indlulamithi on the 1st and 2nd March 2018, at the Gordon Institute for Business Science (GIBS).

Book Launch

In Search of An Ethical Foundation for the South African Nation

28 February 2018

Gallagher Convention Centre, Lotus 2 Hall, 19 Richards Dr, Halfway House, Midrand

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to the launch of its new book, In Search of An Ethical Foundation for the South African Nation.

Book Launch

The Pedagogy of Mathematics in South Africa

6 December 2017

CSIR International Convention, Meiring Naude Rd, Brummeria, Pretoria

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to the launch of its newest book, The Pedagogy of Mathematics in South Africa: Is There a Unifying Logic? The launch will take place as part of the Science Forum South Africa 2017 programme.

Roundtable

Annual Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Roundtable

8 November 2017

Gallagher Convention Centre, 19 Richard Drive, Midrand

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to its 2017 Annual PGM Roundtable.

Book Launch

Reimagining Basic Education in South Africa

7 November 2017

Hotel Osner, Court Crescent, Esplanade, East London

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA) is pleased to launch its research report: Reimagining Basic Education in South Africa: Lessons from the Eastern Cape on the 07 November 2017 at Hotel Osner in East London. The aim of this research project was to take stock of the progress South Africa has made in changing our education system, twenty years into democracy.

Book Launch

Changing Economic Balances and Integration in Africa Rising

5 September 2017

UNISA Institute for Global Dialogue, Kwame Nkrumah Hall, Robert Sobukwe Building, Pretoria

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in partnership with theUniversity of South Africa’s (UNISA) Institute for Global Dialogue is pleased to invite you to the launch of one of its priority research projects, ‘Changing Economic Balances and Integration in Africa Rising’.

Roundtable

Voices that Curl: Gender and Justice through the Arts

31 August 2017

Market Theatre, Newtown

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

MISTRA-youth would like to invite you to an event engaging Gender and Justice through the Arts in commemoration of Women’s Month, on the 31 August 2017 at Market Theatre at 18h30.

Panel Discussion

MISTRA-CDE Discussion on How Can Capitalism Deliver for Everyone in South Africa

29 March 2017

CDE Boardroom, 5 Eton Road, Parktown

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Centre for Development Enterprises (CDE) and the Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA) invite you to join business leaders, and policy experts to a frank discussion on how to deal with poverty, unemployment and inequality.

Colloquium

Systemic Educational Reforms: Lessons from the Eastern Cape

7 December 2016

Cedarwoods of Sandton, 120 Western Service Road, Woodmead, Sandton

9:30 am - 4:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA) is pleased to invite you to a Colloquium on Systemic Educational Reforms: Lessons from the Eastern Cape.

Book Launch

The Emergence of Systems of Innovation in South(ern) Africa

6 December 2016

Amethyst Room, CSIR International Convention Centre, Meiring Naude Road, Pretoria

9:30 am - 1:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) takes pleasure in inviting you to the launch of its report titled: The Emergence of Systems of Innovation in South(ern) Africa: Long Histories and Contemporary Debates. The launch will be part of the side events programme for the 2016 National Science Forum.

Conference

The Politics of the Armed Struggle in Southern Africa

23 - 25 November 2016

University of the Witwatersrand, John Moffat Building and Extension Building, East Campus

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

The Wits History Workshop, Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History Online (SAHO) are hosting a conference on the history and politics of the armed struggle in southern Africa. The conference is funded by the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) with the support of the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS).

Book Launch

The Great Recession

10 November 2016

UNISA Pretoria Campus - Kgorong Building

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) will launch its research report: The Great Recession and Its Implications for Human Values: Lessons for Africa, on the 10 November 2016 at the University of South Africa (UNISA) in Pretoria, with an address by former President Thabo Mbeki.

Roundtable

South Africa’s Transition to a Low Carbon Economy

27 October 2016

Gallagher Convention Centre, 19 Richard Drive, Midrand

9:00 am - 2:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) South Africa will be hosting a Roundtable on South Africa’s Transition to a Low Carbon Economy.

Roundtable

Platinum Group Metals (PGM) & Fuel Cell Applications

28 September 2016

Protea Hotel Midrand, 14th Street, Noordwyk Ext 20, Midrand

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) will be hosting a Roundtable on Platinum Group Metals (PGM) & Fuel Cell Applications to explore the development of this industry.

Conference

Seeking the Ethical Foundations of the South African Nation

15 - 16 September 2016

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), Headway Hill, 1258 Lever Road, Midrand

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA), will be hosting a Conference on Seeking the Ethical Foundations of the South African Nation. The Conference is a major milestone in a MISTRA project that is geared towards crafting a dedicated, comprehensive response to the troubling zeitgeist of a twenty-first century wrestling with the effects of an ethical indifference.

Roundtable

Black Industrialists in the Green Economy

29 June 2016

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), Headway Hill, 1258 Lever Road, Midrand

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) will be hosting the Black Industrialists in the Green Economy Roundtable.

Roundtable

African Millennial Dialogue

20 May 2016

WITS Club, West Campus, 1 Jan Smuts Ave University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA) in partnership with the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), Global Progressive Forum (GPF) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) will be hosting a roundtable discussion that will focus on the priorities and values of the Millennial generation.

Roundtable

Whiteness – Whites, Afrikaans, Afrikaners

5 November 2015

Women's Gaol, Constitution Hill

9:00 am - 5:30 pm

On the 5^th November 2015, the Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA), Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) and the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) will convene a roundtable discussion on whiteness titled, Whites, Afrikaans, Afrikaners: Addressing Post-Apartheid Legacies, Privileges and Burdens.

Book Launch

Earth, Wind and Fire

13 October 2015

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

On the 13th October 2015, MISTRA will launch its Research Report titled Earth, Wind & Fire: Unpacking the political, economic and security implications of the discourse on the Green Economy.

Colloquium

The Great Recession

30 September 2015

Kwame Nkrumah Hall, TMALI, 4th Floor Robert Sobukwe Building, Pretoria

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflects hereby invites you to a colloquium for our research project on The Great Recession to be held on 30th September 2015.

Book Launch

The Oxford Companion to the Economics of South Africa

14 August 2015

Cedarwoods of Sandton, Woodmead, Johannesburg

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA) in partnership with the Graduate School of Development Policy and Practice (GSDPP) of the University of Cape Town will co-host the Johannesburg launch of The Oxford Companion to the Economics of South Africa on the 14^th August 2015.

Book Launch

The Rise and Decline and Rise of China

28 July 2015

University of Pretoria Auditorium

10:00 am - 1:30 pm

MISTRA is pleased to announce the launch of its research report titled, The Rise and Decline and Rise of China: Searching for an Organising Philosophy.

Roundtable

Energy Choice and South African Innovations

17 July 2015

Sheraton Hotel, Acardia, Pretoria

8:00 am - 2:30 pm

On the 17 July 2015 MISTRA and the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI), hosted two parallel roundtables on Energy Choice and South African Innovations.

Workshop

Public Engagement for Good Governance: The Role of the Humanities

11 March 2015

The Amethyst room, CSIR Conference Centre, Pretoria

8:00 am - 3:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) will host a seminar on ‘Public engagement for good governance: the role of the Humanities’ on 11th March 2015.

Roundtable

The Role of Intellectuals in the State-Society Nexus

4 March 2015

Liliesleaf, 7 George Ave, Rivonia, Sandton

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA) in partnership with Liliesleaf will jointly convene a roundtable on The Role of Intellectuals in the State-Society Nexus on 4th March 2015.

Conference

20 Years of South African Democracy: So Where to Now?

12 - 13 November 2014

University of South Africa (UNISA)

8:30 am - 12:00 am

The Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA) in partnership with the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute (TMALI) at the University of South Africa will jointly convene a conference to mark 20 years of democracy.

Colloquium

Earth, Wind and Fire

8 October 2014

The Turbine Hall, Newtown, Johannesburg

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On the 8th October 2014, MISTRA will be hosting a colloquim entitled, Earth,Wind and Fire which will seek to unpack the political, economic and security implications of the discourse on the Green Economy.

Book Launch

Research Project on Nation formation and Social Cohesion in South Africa

14 August 2014

Nelson Mandela Foundation

9:00 am - 2:00 pm

On the 14^th August 2014, the Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA), in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, will host a conference to release the Research Report for its project on Nation Formation and Social Cohesion. The report is titled: “Nation Formation and Social Cohesion: An Enquiry into the Hopes and Aspirations of South Africans”.

Panel Discussion

The Logic of the Social, Economic and Political Changes in Cuba in the Last 10 Years

24 July 2014

The University of Johannesburg, APK Campus Library, Auditorium, Level 3, Auckland Park

9:00 am - 2:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA) would like to invite you to mark the anniversary of Cuba’s National Day by attending a roundtable where the Ambassador of Cuba, His Excellency Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, will lead a discussion on social, economic and political changes in his country over the past ten years.

Roundtable

Innovations in South Africa: Realising the Potential for Job Creation by Prof Gunter Pauli

30 June 2014

South African Reserve Bank, 370 Helen Joseph Street, Pretoria

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MISTRA, in partnership with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and SASOL, invites you to the Blue Economy Roundtable with Prof Gunter Pauli.

Roundtable

Harambee and MISTRA Learning Ex-Change on Youth Unemployment

25 - 26 March 2014

Spier Hotel and Conference Centre, Stellenbosch

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

On the 25 and 26 March 2014, the Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA) in partnership with Harambee hosted an evidence based learning ex-change on youth unemployment in Stellenbosch. This ex-change is aimed at providing a podium that will not only guide, but propel practical action and policy to effectively facilitate first time employment and create the platform for scale and strategic impact.

Book Launch

African Transformation Report by the African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) in partnership with MISTRA

3 March 2014

Radisson Blu Gautrain Hotel

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in partnership with the African Center for Economic Transformation(ACET) launched ACET’s 2013 African Transformation Report on 3rd March 2014.

Book Launch

Esays on the Evolution of the Post-Apartheid State

29 November 2013

Focus Rooms, The Core, Sunninghill Sandton

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

On the 29th November 2013 MISTRA launched its Research Report entitled Essays on the Evolution of the Post-Apartheid State: Legacies, Reforms and Prospects.

Book Launch

Poverty, Inequality and Patronage

12 November 2013

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

On the 12th November 2013 MISTRA launched its Research Report on Poverty, Inequality and Patronage, entitled Patronage Politics Divides Us.

Conference

African State-Formation and Bureaucracy in Comparative Perspective

17 - 18 September 2013

Wits Professional Development Hub

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

On the 17th and 18th September 2013, The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) hosted a conference on African State-Formation and Bureaucracy in Comparative Perspective at the Wits Professional Development Hub.

Panel Discussion

Panel Discussion on “Why Governments Work: Why the Public Service Matters?”

16 September 2013

PARI Offices, 26 Rhodes Avenue, Parktown West

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA), the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) will bring together a panel of major African and Asian scholars and thought leaders to share their views and experiences on the fortunes of post-independence governments. Why have some states succeeded more than others?

Book Launch

South Africa and the Global Hydrogen Economy

30 August 2013

Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand

8:00 am - 4:00 am

MISTRA launched its research report: South Africa and the Global Hydrogen Economy – The Strategic Role of Platinum Group Metals on 30th August 2013 at the Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand.

Colloquium

Evolution on the Post-Apartheid State

14 August 2013

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

The Colloquium provided an opportunity to examine the work done by the research team over a period of 18 months. It provided an opportunity to critically engage with the theoretical and methodological outcomes of the research process. The core research team will integrate key issues emerging from the colloquium into the final Research Report.

Colloquium

Nation Formation and Social Cohesion

15 July 2013

Johannesburg

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

This Colloquium provides an opportunity to examine the work done by the research team over a period of 18 months. It will provide an opportunity to engage in a critical way with the theoretical and methodological outcomes of the research process. The core research team will integrate key issues emerging from the Colloquium into the final Research Report.

Book Launch

The Concept and Application of Transdisciplinarity

26 June 2013

National Research Foundation (NRF), Pretoria

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA) launched its research report on “The concept and application of transdisciplinarity in intellectual discourse and research“.

Roundtable

Roundtable on the Crisis in the NGO Sector

4 June 2013

Bert Wessels Auditorium, Wits Business School, St David’s Place, Parktown

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in partnership with the Wits Graduate School of Public & Development Management (P&DM) convened a roundtable on the the crisis in the NGO sector.

Book Launch

Mapungubwe Reconsidered

25 May 2013

Wits Origins Centre

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA) convened a conference to release the integrated Mapungubwe research report, entitled: “Mapungubwe Reconsidered: Exploring beyond the Rise and Decline of the Mapungubwe State“.

Workshop

Growth, Job Creation and Financial Stability

2 May 2013

South African Reserve Bank

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection, in partnership with the South African Reserve Bank, hosted Professor Gunter Pauli at a one-day workshop on Growth, Job Creation and Financial Stability.

Book Launch

The Art, Philosophy and Science of Football in South Africa

29 November 2012

The Castle, Kyalami, Gauteng

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) is pleased to announce the completion of its two-year research project on “The Art, Philosophy and Science of Football in South Africa.”

Panel Discussion

Joint MISTRA-KAGISO Trust Conversation on Education

3 October 2012

UJ Council Chambers, Kingsway Campus

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

MISTRA and KAGISO Trust are pleased to invite you to a conversation on “Models of Change for South African Schooling”.

Transdisciplinary Nature of the Arts

7 June 2012

Goodman Gallery

8:00 am - 4:00 am

MISTRA hosted a workshop at the Goodman Gallery on The Role of the Arts in South African Society, looking at how in the longer term, the sector can deliver an effective, efficient creative economy that will become a strategic ‘player’ in the country’s development planning

Roundtable

Interrogating Methodologies on Labour Statistics

2 April 2012

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

MISTRA convened a roundtable discussion to interrogate methodologies used in determining levels of economic activity in South Africa, encompassing employment, unemployment and self-employment.

Workshop

Beyond COP17: Pondering the H2ECO Equation

7 November - 8 October 2019

The Innovation Hub, Mark Shuttleworth Street, Pretoria

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

MISTRA is undertaking research on the utilisation of Platinum Group Metals (PGM) in the nascent Hydrogen Economy (H2ECO) and related fuel cell technologies.

Roundtable

Arithmetic of Savings

28 October 2011

Pembi Conference Centre, Mount Lebanon Road, Johannesburg

2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

MISTRA’s research on South Africa savings behaviour to understand current and historic economic horizons in both South African households and the financial industry, entitled, The Arithmetic of Savings was discussed at a roundtable in October, 2011 in Woodmead, Johannesburg.

Workshop

Evolution of State

27 October 2011

Pembi Conference Centre, Mount Lebanon Road, Woodmead

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

MISTRA is undertaking research on the Evolution of the South Africa State and the utility of the State as an instrument of transformation.

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