CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

After Amnesty:

The future of foreign migrants in South Africa

 

20 June 1997


 

08h00 Arrival and Registration

08h30 1. Conference Opening

Chair: Ivor Jenkins (IDASA)
Vincent Williams (SAMP)
Keynote Address: Honourable Minister MB Buthelezi

09h15 2. Rationale for Amnesty

Chair: Marion Sinclair (Centre for Southern African Studies)
Jonathan Crush (SAMP, Queen's University)

10h00 3. Objectives of the Amnesty

Chair: Jabu Sindane (HSRC)
Desmond Lockey (Chair, Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs)
Percy Makhanya (National Union of Mineworkers)

10h45 TEA BREAK

11h00 4. Implementing the Amnesty

Chair: Sally Peberdy (Queen's University)
E. Mahlutshana (Director of Immigration, Home Affairs)
Maxine Reitzes (Centre for Policy Studies)
Nicola Johnston (Wits Rural Facility)

12h30 LUNCH BREAK

13h30 5. Migrant Intentions and Attitudes

Chair: Lovemore Zinyama (Univ of Zimbabwe)
Fion de Vletter (Mozambique)
Sechaba Consultants (Lesotho)

14h15 6. The International Experience

Chair: Luis Covane (ARPAC, Mozambique)
Demetrios Papademetriou (Carnegie Emdowment for International Peace)

15h00 TEA BREAK

15h15 7. Roundtable: After the Amnesty

Chair: Guy Mahone (Chief Director, Labour Market Policy)
Attie Tredoux (Dept. of Home Affairs)
Rob Davies (Member of Parliament, South Africa)
Khabele Matlosa (Univ. of Lesotho)
Luiz Bitoni (Human Rights League, Mozambique)
Lovemore Zinyama (Univ of Zimbabwe)

16h45 Summary and Closure


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