After Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa November 15, 2012

Douglas Foster, Author, Assoc. Prof. Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism will discuss a country caught between a democratic future and a political meltdown. Foster, a South Africa authority with access to President Zuma and the next generation in the Mandela family, traces the nation’s post-apartheid arc, from its celebrated beginnings under “Madiba” to Thabo Mbeki’s rule to the battle between Mbeki and Zuma.