Recently the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office in collaboration with the Western Cape Department of Social Development; the National Institute for Crime Prevention and Re‐integration of Offenders (NICRO) and the Prison Care and Support Network (PCSN) held a roundtable discussion on Prison and the Family which sought to place the spotlight on the families of the […]

Dr Nic Spaull, researcher at the University of Stellenbosch and Ms Carla Pereira, Chief Operations Officer at JET Education Services, were the main speakers at a recently held roundtable on the Annual National Assessments (ANAs). This roundtable was a collaboration with the Catholic Institute of Education. Both Dr Spaull and Ms Pereira admitted that the […]

The Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation hosted the first lunch with MPs for 2015 in March. This lunch, held at the Townhouse Hotel, was attended by a cross section of people, ranging from academics to on the ground activists to a diplomat; each in their own way having leverage […]

Annette Lovemore, the Shadow Minister in the Basic Education Portfolio at Parliament was the speaker at a recent MP Lunch held at the Townhouse Hotel. This event was attended by principals, teachers, members of the faith community and the German consul-general. Mrs Lovemore spoke to the core issues that she felt most needed to be […]

Mr Seraki Matsebe the liaison between DIRCO and the Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs together with Ambassador George Johannes visited the Office on 23rd April. Mr Matsebe spoke and condemned the recent xenophobic attacks, our relations with other states in Africa and the objectives of Ubuntu foreign policy with its emphasis on continental solidarity, support […]

University of Cape Town students, 22 April 2015 Peter-John Pearson conducted a seminar for the Masters students in the Social Science Faculty on issues of advocacy with a special emphasis on advocacy by the faith communities. Students from parts of Africa were present. While most of the discussion centred on parliament and influencing legislation, many […]

Participants at the roundtable discussion

Participants at the roundtable discussion