Segregated spatial planning during the apartheid period resulted in staggering levels of population displacements. Between 1960 and 1982, approximately 3.5 million people were displaced.

The second annual Francis Wilson Memorial Lecture was delivered by former Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel. The title was “How to build – and break – a capable state: structural reform and institution building in the democratic era".

In November 2024, SALDRU and ALI hosted the first of our three policy dialogues leading up to the upcoming SA@30 conference. This dialogue was titled: "What sacred policy cows need to be revisited to unlock South Africa’s potential?”