The Need For an Inter-generational Dialogue 40 years after the 1976 uprising

The dream of the common vision for a shared future as described by participants in Sharlene Swartz’s study Another Country. “A South Africa where race no longer dominates; where there is equal access to opportunities; where we have social and geographical integration, knowing people different from us and having them for neighbours; and a country where poverty and inequality are a dim memory.” There is common fight that moves beyond a generational gap that needs to be fleshed out and in addressing these commonalities the time for an inter-generational dialogue, Now 40 years later would be a good way to start. Rafieka Williams spoke to Eleanor Duplooy who is the Project Leader for the Ashley Kriel Youth Leadership Development Project at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation to try to understand this need for an inter-generational dialogue...