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Women and Land, 29 June 2017

The CPLO hosted a timely and topical roundtable on the question of land and the challenges women face in relation to ownership. There were four speakers: Ms Carmen Louw (Co-Director of Women on Farms Project and the Programme Coordinator of Land and Housing); Ms Nonqaba Mehlomakulu (Legal Advisor for the Land Claims Commission); Dr Donna […]

Community Protests: a means to make local government listen? 27 June 2017

Speakers of this roundtable were Dr Carin Runciman, Senior Researcher at the University of Johannesburg‘s Centre for Change, and Mr Seana Nkhahle, Executive Manager at the South African Local Government Association. Dr Runciman unpacked the research she and her colleagues at the Centre for Change have been doing on the nature of political protests, focussing […]

Advocates for the Church

by Southern Cross Editor · May 21, 2017   A little over two decades ago, the bishops of Southern Africa took the prudent decision to establish the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office (CPLO).   This year marks the 20th anniversary of the CPLO’s official launch, though its members were already active in the field of lobbying politicians […]

The Sustainable Development of the South African Ocean Economy, 31 May 2017

The CPLO ended the month of May by hosting a roundtable discussion on the South African ocean economy. The speakers were Mr Kishan Sankar from the Aquaculture and Economic Development Office in the Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries); Associate Professor Moenieba Isaacs from the Institute for Poverty, Land, and Agrarian Studies: PLAAS; and Mr […]

JNB Roundtable: Community Protests: A means to make local government listen? 9 May 2017

This roundtable was held in the Johannesburg Archdiocese in collaboration with the Justice and Peace Commission and was addressed by Dr Carin Runciman,  a senior lecturer at the University of Johannesburg and co-author of the research papers, South African Police Service (SAPS) Data on Crowd Incidents and  Community Protests 2004-2013: Some Research Findings. Referring to […]

Early Childhood Development and Children with Disability, 19 April 2017

This Roundtable was addressed by Ms Tineke Ganz-Malan and Ms Marise Wattel of the Down Syndrome Association, Mr Kevin Roussel of Catholic Welfare and Development and Ms Vanessa Japtha of Inclusive Education. Children with disabilities are one of the most marginalized and excluded groups in society. Early Childhood Development plays an essential role in the […]