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Response – 21st November 2024 – 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence by Lois Law

The global 16 Days campaign is an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. The campaign runs every year from 25th November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10th December, International Human Rights Day. The United Nations supports the 16 Days, and the 2024 theme of its UNITE […]

Economic Digest 48 – Will our Economy be Trumped by Donald? by Kenny Pasensie

Since emerging markets like South Africa are often the recipient of ripple effects originating in the US, the well-known phrase ‘when the US sneezes the world catches a cold’ will probably now be even truer since the re-election of Donald Trump to the White House. Economic Digest 48 – Will Our Economy Be Trumped by […]

Refugee Digest 87 – Migrants, Refugees and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson

It is now well over a hundred days since the formation of the GNU. Many analyses have been conducted to gauge the effectiveness of this new form of government. As is to be expected, the results are varied, often depending on what part of the GNU is being examined. The Department of Home Affairs, where […]

Family Digest 65 – National Disability Rights Awareness Month by Lois Law

South Africa celebrates National Disability Rights Awareness Month (DRAM) annually between 3rd November and 3rd December, the latter being International Disability Rights Awareness Day. This year’s DRAM will be observed under the theme “Disability-Inclusive Society For a Better Quality of Life and Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”. Family Digest 65 – National […]

Briefing Paper 611 – Structural Reforms & Economic Growth through Operation Vulindlela by Kenny Pasensie

The major challenges which South Africa has experienced over the last decade or two include slow economic growth, rising inequality and a high unemployment rate. Contributing to the slow economic growth are structural constraints in many areas, among these electricity transmission, telecommunications, logistics, water, etc. BP 611 Structural Reforms & Economic Growth through Operation Vulindlela […]

Briefing Paper 610 – Mental Health and the Importance of Decent Work by Lois Law

Each year since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, the CPLO has published a briefing paper focusing on mental well-being. While it soon became clear that there was a shadow pandemic of gender-based violence (GBV), COVID also brought to the fore the level of debilitating mental health burdens experienced by so many people of […]

Briefing Paper 609 – Climate Change: A Women’s Issue by Lois Law

Climate change refers to the increasingly extreme variation of long-term average weather conditions worldwide. According to a 2021 report by the Centre for Environmental Rights there is no scientific doubt that the climate of southern Africa is becoming warmer.1 South Africa has been experiencing associated extreme climatic events such as droughts, floods, and heat waves, […]