Joining us for this episode is Mr Jacob Stensdal. Mr Jacob Stensdal is the Deputy Head of Mission at the Royal Danish Embassy in South Africa. The Embassy also covers Denmark’s bilateral relations with Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Mr Jacob Stensdal has i.a. previously held the positions of Political and Press Advisor at Invest in Denmark and Senior Advisor on Mashrek in the Middle East and North Africa Department in Copenhagen. He was also previously posted as special advisor on development and trade to the Danish Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, and has been working with the Danish Embassy and the Deepening Democracy Programme in Uganda.

Mr. Jacob Stensdal holds a Master of Political Science from University of Aarhus Denmark. He is married and has three children.

Contact

Royal Danish Embassy iParioli Office Park, Block B2 1166 Park St, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0083, South Africa

Phone: +27 12 430 9351 Website: Sydafrika.um.dk

Social Media Twitter: @DKAMBinSA

Season 2 is here. Joining us for our first episode is DDP Executive Director - Dr Paul Kariuki. Dr Kariuki shares with us the 2023 vision of DDP and unpacks South Africa's democratic journey, along with DDP's contribution to that journey. Don't forget to check out our social media pages to stay updated with the year's activities.

Joining us for this episode is Tali Nates, founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre.

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Joining us for today's podcast is H.E. Håkan Juholt, Swedish Ambassador to South Africa. This episode was done in collaboration with the Emerging Scholars Initiative Press: https://esipress.up.ac.za/

Joining us in this episode is David Kabwa to discuss Migration in the 21st Century.

Migration Conference details:

29 September 2022

08:30

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvc-6tqD0qH9BrVFRA7iQK9Y75aik6YOsg

Mr Kabwa's Bio

David Kabwa is currently a student at the University of Pretoria pursuing a Master’s Degree in Diplomatic Studies under the Centre For Mediation in Africa. He is currently serving as the Country Ambassador for South Africa to the UNITE 2030 Initiative. Moreover, he is an inaugural member of the African Union Youth For Transitional Justice (AY4TJ) continental platform where he was trained as a youth expert in the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) by the AU Department For Political Affairs, Peace and Security. He has also recently been appointed to the board of the America Africa Entrepreneurship and Investment Forum (AAEIF). In 2019, he was elected as the Prime Minister for the Commonwealth Youth Parliament. He was the first African elected to this position where he would oversee the legislative affairs of young people across 54 countries. He also served for two consecutive terms as the Student Representative Council President of the University of Pretoria as an independent where he would oversee 60 000 students across seven campuses. He was the first President to complete terms as an independent. Mr Kabwa has also served as the Chairperson of Second Commission in the Gauteng Youth Sector Parliament. He has also been inducted into the Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans and the Junior Chamber International Top 10 Outstanding Young Persons In South Africa in the category of politics. In 2021, he was an augural recipient of the Hope Givers Foundation in Association with Brand South Africa and the National Lotteries Commission Raising Legends Award in the category Academia, Advocacy and Leadership for work done to combat Gender-Based Violence through the Boy-Child Initiative.

Joining us for this episode is Zainab Olaitan. Zainab Olaitan is a PhD candidate in the department of political sciences, University of Pretoria where she is researching the impact of gender quotas on the substantive representation of women in African politics. She obtained her first degree in Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Political Science with First class honours from the University of Lagos. Zainab completed her second degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics Honors at the University of Cape Town as a 2018 Mandela Rhodes Scholar. In 2019, she got the MasterCard foundation scholarship to complete a master’s degree in Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria. In 2022, she was awarded the Margaret McNamara Education Grant for her impactful research work on women and children. Zainab is an avid researcher with published articles in local and international journals" and is keenly interested in contributing to research on gender and representation, conflict and peace studies and political thought.

Head of Policy and Research at Rivonia Circle, Lukhona Mnguni joins us for this episode. With the DDP Civic Education Conference coming up on 27 July 2022, Lukhona speaks to us about the path to the 2024 elections. The theme for this year's conference is 'The Role of Observers during Elections.'

Join us for the event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclcOquqTkrEtMqZWENRi2AB-KBIZvm-56X

This is a Political Summit special episode. The Political Summit will be on 14 July 2022 at 08:00 and the topic discussed in this podcast is the Summit's theme. You can join the Summit over Zoom through this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAoce2trzIrHtNJVzv9DORmptGCbUR64sz3 or catch it on the DDP Facebook LIVE.

About our guest:

Sphamandla Mhlongo currently serves as the Senior Programmes Officer at the DDP. In this portfolio, he is responsible for the increasing the capacity of community-based organizations, towards interacting with local municipalities, as well as representing the organization in various forums and conferences. He is an experienced community and process facilitator, with a keen interest in public participation and elections management. He has co-authored in publications on local government (GGLN) and reflected on the work of civil society’s role in election observation in a publication belonging to the Maurice Webb Race Relations Unit based at the University of KwaZulu Natal. He has also been credited as an editor in a series of publications. Through his work, he has engaged on a variety of media platforms as a guest contributor and analyst on current affairs, including content production for several community radio stations in KwaZulu Natal.