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Roundtable discussion on Rural education: Addressing the challenges held on 18 November 2015, in collaboration with the Catholic Institute of Education

The Catholic Institute of Education collaborated with CPLO on a discussion around rural education. The main speakers were Dr Phumzile Langa, Acting Director for Rural Education in the Department of Basic Education (DBE), and Veerle Dieltiens, a researcher at the Centre for Education Policy Development. Rural education, or schooling for learners in rural areas, has […]

Roundtable discussion on Social transformation: How far have we come? How far still to go? held on 6 November 2015, in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation

Prof Jonathan Jansen (Vice Chancellor, University of the Free State) and Ms Poppy Mocumi (National Chairperson, Disabled Women of South Africa, and member of the National Planning Commission) spoke to the theme of social transformation at a roundtable co-hosted by the Hanns Seidel Foundation. Prof Jansen’s key point was to distinguish between transformation on the […]

Meetings with Members of Parliament: Gengezi Mgidlana (Secretary to Parliament), 5 November 2015

Mr Gengezi Mgidlana, Secretary to Parliament, met with members of South Africa’s civil society, as well as foreign delegates, giving them an opportunity to engage on issues that relate to the country’s democracy. This was a collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation. Mr Mgidlana began the discussion by highlighting the role that Parliament played in […]