UCT authors at Summer School
AUTHORS AT 2025 SUMMER SCHOOL:
THE POISONERS: ON SOUTH AFRICA’S TOXIC PAST.
Professor Imraan Coovadia and Professor Zweletu Jolobe
Date: Thursday 23 January 2025
Time: 15:00 -16:00
Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Kramer Law Building, University of Cape Town
Maximum number of participants: 140
To book: https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/performance.aspx?itemid=1557644475
Professor Imraan Coovadia will be in discussion with associate professor Zwelethu Jolobe about his book The Poisoners. The Poisoners is a history of four devastating chapters in the making of the region, seen through the disturbing use of toxins and accusations of poison-ing circulated by soldiers, spies and politicians in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
FIRST KUDU: BUILDING A TECH START-UP IN AFRICA.
Ben Shaw and Lorne Hallendorff
Date: Friday 31 January 2025
Time: 11:15 -12:15
Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Kramer Law Building, University of Cape Town
Maximum number of participants: 140
To book: https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/Performance.aspx?itemid=1557644851
Ben Shaw and Lorne Hallendorff will be in discussion about their book First Kudu: Building a Tech Start-up in Africa. From ‘naughty lists’ to sprinting swans, wandering ducks to Ama-rula-based incentives, The First Kudu takes you on a roller coaster ride of a start-up, and dives into real learnings along the way.
GLOWFLY DANCE: LITERATURE AS A CHANGEMAKER: INSIGHTS INTO
WRITING DIFFICULT STORIES
Jade Gibson and Beryl Eichenberger
Date: Friday 31 January 2025
Time: 17:00 to 18:00
Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Kramer Law Building, University of Cape Town
Maximum number of participants: 140
To book: https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/Performance.aspx?itemid=1557645163
Jade Gibson’s debut novel Glowfly Dance is a powerful and haunting account of intimate partner violence as witnessed through the eyes of a young girl. The book was part of a major social change process in addressing domestic violence, including the #MeToo movement in 2017. Beryl Eichenberger from Woman Zone will discuss with author Jade Gibson as to how she wrote this very personal and difficult book for a broad audience, whilst retaining her authenticity.
MY SIDE OF THE OCEAN.
Ron Irwin and Beverley Roos – Muller
Date: 25 October
Time: 116:30 to 17:30
Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Kramer Law Building, University of Cape Town
Maximum number of participants: 140
To book: https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/performance.aspx?itemid=1557645952
Dr Ron Irwin will be in conversation about his book, My side of the ocean, which is a novel of great empathy and insight, exploring essential questions about what it means to live and love, when the secure foundations of a life have been ripped away