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Remarkable: Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela’s work in reparation and forgiveness as part of the process of healing following violence and trauma has been internationally recognised. Photo: Stefan Els/Stellenbosch University

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela scoops Templeton Prize

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FROM THE ARCHIVES | Elections 2009: Towards a moral vision

This is an edited version of author Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela’s article in the Mail & Guardian, 24 to 29 April 2009.

Curious about complexity: Prof Gobodo-Madikizela remembers herself as an inquisitive child, and that as an adult she is still asking uncomfortable questions, specifically about trauma
and the TRC

Q&A Sessions: Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela: ‘How do we repair this brokenness?’

Author and academic Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela spoke to Nicolene de Wee about the government’s failure to heal a broken country

Apartheid flag is an assault on the dignity of black people, high court hears (Photo Archive)

A new vision of the postcolonial

In a speech to graduates at Rhodes University, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela said that reviewing accepted wisdoms can help to repair the past

Icon: Nelson Mandela was no saint

Mandela left us the fabric for a new SA

He acted within a specific context and entrusted all South Africans to build the society we want

New dawn: The hope of a new country ushered in by President Cyril Ramaphosa brings joy

Answer our dreams, Mr President

Cyril Ramaphosa has ushered in a new dawn but poverty and inequality trip up our hopes

Jacob Zuma does not put his trust only in God and all is not well with the president’s soul.

Not all is well with Zuma’s soul

The ANC Women’s League asks us to pray for Jacob Zuma’s return to power. But we should rather pray for a return to moral leadership

Rwanda draws strength from its pain

Rwanda draws strength from its pain

It is the end of the week of commemorative events throughout Rwanda to mark the 17th anniversary of the genocide of the Tutsi people.

Towards an anatomy of violence

Eugene de Kock’s actions should not be reduced to ‘evil’, argues author and lecturer Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, who once interviewed the man.

Time for women to make history yet again

In her preface to Karina Turok’s book, <i>Life and Soul: Portraits of Women Who Move South Africa</i>, Mamphela Ramphele celebrates the strength of women, their resilience and…

The power of forgiveness

Five South Africans were last month invited to address the first international conference on Restorative Justice and Peace in Colombia: Albie Sachs, Tutu, Penuell Maduna, Tokyo…

Repairing SA’s damaged psyche

The enactments of troubling incidents, such as necklace murders, that are beginning to emerge around South Africa are perhaps a cathartic way of putting into action the struggle…