By Samantha Cocove On September 23, 2024, at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse in New York, Dr. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela was formally awarded the 2024 Templeton Prize in recognition of her groundbreaking insights into the mechanisms of trauma and forgiveness.
Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela honoured for work on trauma and forgiveness – News24
by Danielle Daniëls Strong, humble and poised are just some of the words that come to mind after an encounter with Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, the 2024 recipient of the prestigious Templeton Prize. She was honoured and her achievements celebrated at … Read More
SU celebrates 2024 Templeton Prize Laureate Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela – Stellenbosch University
by Anel Lewis Music, dance, ululations and heartfelt tributes marked Stellenbosch University’s stirring celebration of Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, the 2024 winner of the prestigious Templeton Prize. Held at the picturesque Webersburg Wine Estate on Wednesday (2 October 2024), the occasion was … Read More
Why Do We Fear Forgiveness? – New York Times
Choosing to forgive can be frightening, but it’s a powerful tool for repairing the harm done by violence, oppression and other traumas.
With Tamar Garb, Centre for Racism and Racialisation, University College London
Speakers: Tamar Garb, Durning Lawrence Professor in the History of Art at UCL // Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, South African National Research Chair in Violent Histories and Transgenerational Trauma at Stellenbosch University, and the 2020-2021 Walter Jackson Bate Fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe … Read More
Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela receives third honorary doctorate, Stellenbosch University
Author: Corporate Communication [Alec Basson] – Stellenbosch University. Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Research Chair in Studies in Historical Trauma and Transformation at Stellenbosch University (SU), received an honorary doctorate from Rhodes University in Grahamstown on Friday (12 April 2019). This was her … Read More
Der Spiegel interview (in German) about A Human being Died that Night – Der Spiegel
Von Johann Grolle und Katja Thimm Die südafrikanische Psychologin Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela über Folterer im Staatsdienst, die Dynamik von Schuld und Vergebung und ihre Begegnung mit dem Chef der Polizei-Todesschwadronen des Apartheid-Regimes
The Guardian, interviewed about A Human being Died that Night – The Guardian
Nicknamed ‘Prime Evil’, Eugene de Kock was apartheid’s chief murderer. Now a psychologist from the townships says it’s time to forgive him. She tells Rory Carroll why.
New York Times interview about A Human Being Died that Night – New York Times
By Rachel L. Swarns May 10, 2003 The black woman saw him whenever she thumbed through her newspapers or switched on the television: the tall white man with thick glasses. He was Eugene de Kock, a former colonel in the … Read More