Upcoming events.
May
16
Franschhoek Literary Festival
NEWS24 BREAKFAST 1 – IS AFRICA TRUMPED?
REUBEN’S RESTAURANT & BAR
If Trump can blackmail Canada and the EU, what hope do African states have of countering his threats on trade and aid? Will China or BRICS save us from ‘Uncle Scam’? Adriaan Basson decodes the chaos with conflict scholar Adekeye Adebajo (Global Africa), Bronwen Everill (Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance) and David McWilliams (Money: A Story of Humanity).
May
16
Franschhoek Literary Festival
(BUTT) OUT OF AFRICA
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Agricultural economist Wandile Sihlobo (The Uncomfortable Truth about South Africa’s Agriculture) talks to Bronwen Everill, whose polemic Africonomics skewers bossy Western delusions about the African economic arena. How can the continent break the cycle of ‘whatever doesn’t work’?