Parliament: Degraded or reinvigorated? On Wednesday the 22nd of October 2014, the Catholic Parliamentary liaison Office together with the Hanss Siedel Foundation hosted a roundtable discussion to look at the Parliament in SA today. The title of this meeting was, Parliament: Degraded or reinvigorated? The speakers at this gathering were; Dr Zwelethu Jolobe, a lecturer […]

Nick Taylor spoke to research conducted by JET Education Services on curricula for initial teacher training. They sampled 5 universities that produced most of the teachers in SA and the research showed that there was gaps in the curricula for teacher training. Nic Spaull noted that teachers were not able to impart knowledge properly and […]

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On the 9th of October 2014 a group of pastors from the Wabash Pastoral Leadership Programme in Indiana, USA, visited the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office. The pastors learned about the CPLO’s history and work, and afterwards engaged in a lively Q&A with the people working at the CPLO. Below: A member of the Wabash Pastoral […]

On Wednesday, 01 October 2013 the CPLO hosted a roundtable discussion that focussed on grassroots social movements in South Africa. The aim of this roundtable discussion was to better understand who these social movements are and what their course really is. Are they the authentic voices for the poor or proxies for political parties taking […]