Dr Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela is a professor at Stellenbosch University, holding the South African National Research Foundation Chair in Violent Histories and Transgenerational Trauma. Her research focuses on historical trauma and its intergenerational effects, particularly in the context of South Africa's apartheid legacy, and she has published extensively on themes of forgiveness and remorse. Gobodo-Madikizela is also the winner of the global Templeton Prize for 2024, in recognition of her ground breaking insights into the mechanisms of trauma and forgiveness.