The International Day of the Girl Child is marked every year on 11th October to promote girls’ rights and to recognize the unique challenges girls experience around the world. Achieving the empowerment of women and girls is integral to each of the United Nations (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals,[i] but particularly Goal 5, which calls […]
On paper, South Africa has a very good system for appointing people to the judiciary – the judges of the High Court, Supreme Court of Appeal, and Constitutional Court. Nominees for positions on these courts undergo a public interview process before the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), which then sends a shortlist of suitable candidates to […]
The Roman Catholic Church observes the last Sunday in September as World Day for Migrants and Refugees. This year marked the 107th such observance. The 2021 message, with its emphasis on solidarity, was titled ‘Towards an Ever Wider We.’ Pope Francis expressed his fear that after the pandemic the world would plunge into more feverish […]
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic most of our healthcare resources have been directed toward identifying those with COVID-19, and providing the level of care they require. This has not been without some cost to those with other medical conditions, such as chronic illness and HIV. Furthermore, maternal care for pregnant women and child […]
The sudden advent of COVID-19 on our shores and the realization that it was a highly infectious and potentially life-threatening virus led to the declaration of a state of disaster. The regulations thereof resulted in the imposition of the harsh Level 5 Lockdown in March last year, which required that everybody be confined to their […]
Join us on the 29th September from 14:00 – 16:00 with speakers Mr Ashraf Kariem, Chief Sector Expert Economy, National Planning Commission, Prof Lukas Muntingh, Africa Criminal Justice Reform (ACJR) Project Coordinator, UWC and Dr Simo Lushaba, Institute of Directors South Africa as we discuss the State of our SOE’s. Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_9UHFIkRATvSzI0aogLkixw
In many parts of the world including South Africa, the policy approach to mobile communities continues to be one which ranges from growing ambivalence to increasing exclusion and, in some parts of the world, downright hostility. As has been noted often, the pandemic continues to render already vulnerable communities even more insecure. The links in […]
President Ramaphosa’s announcement yesterday that the public will be able to participate in the process of selecting the new Chief Justice is a significant and welcome development. There are few public offices more important than that of the CJ, who is not only the head of the Constitutional Court, but the leader of the judiciary […]
Since coming to power in 1994 the ANC has implemented a policy of ‘cadre deployment’, in terms of which senior positions in government departments, state-owned enterprises, and the security forces have been filled, as far as possible, by people who are either ANC members or, at least, loyal to its political agenda. This was, arguably, […]
The Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office cordially invites you to webinar with Dr Nicholas Crisp, Acting Director General of the National Department of Health and a widely acknowledged expert on issues of public health. He will talk about COVID-19 vaccines, vaccinating undocumented people, vaccine hesitancy and the role of civil society, especially the faith community, in […]
