Daniel Silke is currently a Keynote Speaker and Independent Political Analyst specialising in South Africa politics as well as Global/International Issues.

Daniel Silke is currently a Keynote Speaker and Independent Political Analyst specialising in South Africa politics as well as Global/International Issues. He is also a specialist lecturer on issues surrounding Globalization and the Future of the World. Mr Silke holds a Masters degree in International Politics from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Mr Silke has served six years in publicly elected office between 1995 and 2001 having faced three elections. He has served four years as a Member of Parliament in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa after being re-elected in 1999. He has held the Chair of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Economic Affairs, which includes the portfolios of Economic Development, Tourism, Agriculture and Transport. In addition, he served on the Committees of Finance, Health and Gambling and has been Chief Whip for his political party. He is also a former City Councillor in the City of Cape Town having served on that city’s Economic Development Portfolio Committee.

He lectures regularly to foreign audiences on contemporary South African and Global Issues and writes widely for publications both within South Africa and in the United States where he is the Foreign Correspondent for the Juluka Newsletter based in Los Angeles, California. He has co-authored chapters in major new works on South Africa and has a specialist interest in political parties and electoral politics around the world.

Daniel Silke currently lectures widely throughout the world. He recently completed a semester as the Rooney Visiting Scholar at the Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, PA. He currently speaks for the prestigious World Affairs Council in Washington DC and also lectures for the American Committee on Foreign Relations. He is contracted by a number of major US travel companies (including Carlson/Regent, Cunard, Celebrity and Holland America) to provide lecture and seminar series. He has recently lectured for Microsoft Corporation and has delivered presentations at Duke University (North Carolina), Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia), Transylvania University (Kentucky), Washburn University (Kansas), the Philadelphia Bar Association and for Rotary International amongst many others. Mr Silke was attached to the Institute for the Study of Public Policy at the University of Cape Town where he tutored students for five years.

This is the New South Africa:

A broad introduction to South Africa and how the country is governed. A general overview of the system of government and the unique transition to democracy. Ideal for in-bound incentive groups and other tour groups. This presentation also covers the ‘political geography’ of the country and outlines languages, ethnic diversity and coping with change from a political and social perspective.

Wake UP South Africa – Chindia is Coming! The Role of China & India and the threat to the rest of the Developing World.

In this fast paced and frightening presentation, Daniel Silke outlines the impact of ‘Chindia’ (China & India) on the global economic environment. The lecture focuses on the overheating economies of both countries and looks at specific examples of the effects of commerce and industry from these two emerging giants on existing markets. The aim is to inform with very specific economic and social data, the real impact of these two societies on the world (and Africa in particular) – and the way they will threaten the rest of the Developing World – like South Africa. By encouraging his audience to “Wake UP”, Silke will educate and motivate business to realise the threat and act against it. This is the ultimate ‘Wake-UP Call” and should be essential for all employees and management alike.