Archive

2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017

• 15/12 Briefing Paper 561 – Mental Health and Well-being by Lois Law
• 15/12 Briefing Paper 560 – The 2022 Report on Trafficking in Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 10/12 Briefing Paper 559 – The People Shall Govern: The Slow Road to Electoral Reform by Mike Pothier
• 07/12 Briefing Paper 558 – Talking about a Devolution: Getting Passenger Rail Back on Track by Kenny Pasensie
• 18/11 Briefing Paper 557 – The Paris Agreement: What Has Been Achieved So Far? by Lovedonia Mkansi
• 27/10 Briefing Paper 556 – Xenophobia – An Ever-Present Danger by Peter-John Pearson
• 27/10 Briefing Paper 555 – Safe Relinquishment: Finding Solutions to SA’s Child-Abandonment and Late-Term Abortion Crisis by Lois Law
• 05/10 Briefing Paper 554 – Ecojustice and Voices of Faith by Lovedonia Mkansi
• 08/09 Briefing Paper 553 – Women’s Month 2022 by Lois Law
• 24/08 Briefing Paper 552 – The ANC Policy Conference and Migrants by Peter-John Pearson
• 11/07 Briefing Paper 551 – The Rights of Foreign Spouses by Peter-John Pearson
• 30/06 Briefing Paper 550 – Giving Up on Governance? by Mike Pothier
• 30/06 Briefing Paper 549 – Outliving the High Cost of Living by Kenny Pasensie
• 30/06 Briefing Paper 548 – World Refugee Day by Peter-John Pearson
• 24/06 Briefing Paper 547 – Child Pregnancy by Lois Law
• 23/06 Briefing Paper 546 – Envisioning a Just Transition by Lovedonia Mkansi
• 12/05 Briefing Paper 545 – The KwaZulu-Natal Floods: Lessons to be Learnt by Lois Law
• 26/04 Briefing Paper 544 – The Criminal Law and Perpetrators of Domestic Violence by Lois Law
• 30/03 Briefing Paper 543 – Assessing the Judicial Service Commission by Mike Pothier
• 10/03 Briefing Paper 542 – A Quota System for Migrants: Is this a solution? by Peter-John Pearson
• 28/02 Briefing Paper 541 – Getting there: Access to Transport by Lois Law
• 27/01 Briefing Paper 540 – The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit by Peter-John Pearson

• 17/12 Briefing Paper 539 – The Presidential Employment Stimulus – Denting Unemployment? by Kenny Pasensie
• 17/12 Briefing Paper 538 – Municipal Coalitions – A Viable Way Forward? by Mike Pothier
• 14/12 Briefing Paper 537 – Where are They? Missing and Abandoned Children by Lois Law
• 14/12 Briefing Paper 536 – The 2021 Report on Trafficking in Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 09/12 Briefing Paper 535 – Cadre Deployment by Mike Pothier
• 01/12 Briefing Paper 534 – The Importance of Play during COVID-19 by Lois Law
• 25/11 Briefing Paper 533 – Aligning Policies for a Low Carbon Economy: SA’s Commitment to a Just Transition by Lovedonia Mkansi
• 02/11 Briefing Paper 532 – Migrants, Refugees and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 01/10 Briefing Paper 531 – The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health by Lois Law
• 01/09 Briefing Paper 530 – The Emerging Group: Women Migrants Coming Out of the Shadows by Peter-John Pearson
• 31/08 Briefing Paper 529 – The Invisible Group Child Migrants Child Labour and the 2022 Global Conference by Peter-John Pearson
• 26/08 Briefing Paper 528 – Leadership Crises in the SA Police Service by Mike Pothier
• 22/07 Briefing Paper 527 – The Border Fence at Beitbridge by Peter-John Pearson
• 16/07 Briefing Paper 526 – Transgenerational Trauma and Gender-Based Violence by Lois Law
• 08/07 Briefing Paper 525 – Making SOEs Great Again by Kenny Pasensie
• 30/06 Briefing Paper 524 – The National Waste Management Strategy 2020 by Lovedonia Mkansi
• 23/06 Briefing Paper 523 – Universal Basic Income Grant by Kenny Pasensie..
• 21/06 Briefing Paper 522 – LGBTI+ discrimination by Peter-John Pearson
• 21/06 Briefing Paper 521 – SA’s Water Infrastructure Challenges by Lovedonia Mkansi
• 28/05 Briefing Paper 520 – Alcohol: Lessons from Lockdown by Lois Law
• 03/05 Briefing Paper 519 – The State of the Judiciary by Mike Pothier
• 08/04 Briefing Paper 518 – The Rights and Welfare of the African Child by Lois Law
• 19/03 Briefing Paper 517 – The Biden Administration: A New Narrative on Immigration? by Peter-John Pearson
• 19/03 Briefing Paper 516 – COVID-19 and the Green Recovery Approach by Lovedonia Mkansi
• 05/02 Briefing Paper 515 – Covid Vaccination and Migrants by Peter-John Pearson

• 15/12 Briefing Paper 514: Foreigners and township economies
• 03/12 BP 513: Children in Jeopardy UK, US & SA Policies on Unaccompanied Minors & Migrant Youth
• 11/11 BP 512: The State of SA’s Political Opposition
• 21/10 BP 511: The Signs of the Times: Gender-based Violence, Corruption, Poverty and Inequality
• 28/09 BP 510: Hunger and Malnutrition in a Food Secure Nation
• 28/09 BP 509: Many Moving Parts: A First Look at the NHI
• 09/09 BP 508: The Cost of Staying at Home-The psycho-social consequences of the lockdown for families
• 09/09 BP 507: Advocacy for the Common Good in the Old Testament
• 24/08 BP 506: A New Kind of Deal for South Africa
• 04/08 BP 505: Transformation in the Electricity Supply Industry
• 27/07 BP 504: Khawuleza: Hurrying Up Service Delivery
• 10/07 BP 503: The US State Department Report on Trafficking in Persons
• 11/06 BP 500: Our Hills and How we Climb Them
• 09/06 BP 502: Mental Well-being in the Time of COVID-19
• 25/05 BP 501: ‘Ugly, Cruel and Criminal’ – The Face of Human Trafficking
• 29/04 BP 499: The Need for An Anti-Corruption Commission
• 21/04 BP 498: Teenage Pregnancy
• 09/04 Briefing Paper 497: Climate Change Finance and Water: Closing the Gap
• 02/04 BP 496: The Corona Virus and Displaced Persons
• 02/04 BP 495: Vulnerability in the Time of Covid-19
• 18/02 BP 494: Access to Public Schools for Undocumented Children
• 18/02 BP 493: Refugees, Scripture, and Catholic Social Teaching: a Dialogue

• 12/12 BP 470: The Informal Sector – Creating Jobs
• 12/12 BP 469: Political Violence in KwaZulu-Natal
• 05/12 BP 468: The Impact of Domestic Violence on Women & Children
• 23/11 BP 467: The Synod of Bishops: Considering Displaced Youth
• 23/11 BP 466: The Sustainable Development Goals: What is the Progress?
• 14/11 BP 463: Climate Change & Food Security – The Impact on Rural Women
• 14/11 BP 462: Prostitution/Sex Work – Is it Work and is it a Choice?
• 02/11 BP 465: The Traditional Courts Bill
• 08/10 BP 464: Domestic Abuse and Asylum
• 03/09 BP 461: The Public Protector
• 23/08 BP 460: The Long-Awaited Climate Change Bill
• 23/08 BP 459: Prisoners on Remand
• 23/07 BP 458: Lawfare
• 02/07 BP 457: 2018 World Refugee Day and South Africa’s Stance
• 02/07 BP 456: Empowering the Auditor-General
• 12/06 BP 455: Inferior Infrastructure in Rural and Township Schools
• 12/06 BP 454: Just Energy Transition, Community Ownership and the Future of Renewable Energy Systems
• 25/05 BP 453: The Recognition of Customary Marriages
• 08/05 BP 452: Raising VAT – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea?
• 30/04 BP 451: The First Thousand Days and the Failure to Thrive
• 28/03 BP 450 The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
• 01/02 BP 449: The Future of Shack Housing in South Africa
• 01/02 BP 448: The Impact of Gang Violence on Children
• 24/01 BP 447 State Capture
• 23/01 BP 444 Ownership and a Just Energy Transition

• 13/12 BP 446 The Quest for a Decent Standard of Living
• 07/12 BP 445 Structural Unemployment in SA
• 29/11 BP 443 What about the Boy Child November 2017
• 29/11 BP 442 Nuclear Prohibition Treaty September 2017
• 29/11 BP 441 Coalition Governance September 2017

2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012

• 18/02 Submission to the Department of Justice & Correctional Services on the DRAFT CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES AND RELATED MATTERS) AMENDMENT BILL, 2022

• 18/12 Submission to the Department of Justice & Correctional Services on the DRAFT CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES AND RELATED MATTERS) AMENDMENT BILL, 2022
• 18/12 Submission to the Department of Justice & Correctional Services on the DRAFT CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES AND RELATED MATTERS) AMENDMENT BILL, 2022

• 22/12 Submission to the Ad hoc Committee on the Amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 on the CONSTITUTION EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT BILL
• 22/12 Submission on the Sexual Offences: Pornography and Children Discussion Paper 149

• 25/02 Submission on the Expropriation Bill
• 18/02 Submission on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill

• 12/12 Submission: Compensation for Occupational Injuries & Diseases Amendment Bill
• 05/12 Submission on the Draft Regulations on the Registration of Births and Deaths
• 30/11 Submission on the Children’s Amendment Draft Bill
• 17/09 Summary of the SACBC Land Submission
• 04/09 Submission on the Draft Climate Change Bill
• 03/08 Submission on the Draft Immigration Amendment Bill
• 02/07 Submission on on the Draft Independent Police Investigative Directorate Amendment Bill
• 15/06 Submission on Proposed Amendments to the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act
• 15/06 Submission on Land Expropriation without Compensation
• 19/03 Submission on the National Minimum Wage Bill
• 27/02 South African Law Reform Commission Report on Adult Prostitution
• 26/02 2018 Budget

• 05/12 Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill November 2017
• 05/12 Funding of Political Parties July 2017
• 30/06 Older Persons Amendment Bill by Ms Lois Law

• 01/04 Submission to the Department of Sanitation
• 15/02 Submission Higher Education Amendment Bill B36 Feb 2016

• 19/10 Submission on Local Gov Electoral Amendment Bill Oct 2015
• 19/08 Childrens Second Amendment Bill Aug 2015
• 19/08 Childrens Amendment Bill Aug 2015
• 21/07 Draft Refugee Amendment Bill July 2015
• 17/06 Submission on the HIV TB and STI policy 2015
• 08/05 Expropriation Bill May 2015
• 29/04 Draft ECD Policy April 2015.pdf
• 02/04 Road Traffic Amendment Bill April 2015
• 01/04 Firearms Control Amendment Bill March 2015
• 13/03 National Disability Rights Policy March 2015
• 02/03 National Youth Policy February 2015
• 04/02 Sexual Offences Amendment Act Feb 2015

• 12/12 Submission on Amendments to Regulations of Refugee Act Dec 2014
• 13/11 Draft Sexual Offences Amendment Bill Oct 2014
• 03/11 Submission to the South African Law Reform Commission
• 21/10 Submission on draft policy for LTSM Oct 2014
• 16/10 Submission on draft policy for LTSM Oct 2014
• 06/10 Submission Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
• 11/03 Submission on School Calendars – DBE – March 2014

• 08/11 CPLO Submission: Restitution of land rights bill
• 15/10 Employment Tax Incentive Bill
• 13/09 Electoral Amendment Bill Sept 2013
• 01/08 CPLO submission: Policing Green Paper
• 26/06 Corporal Discipline in the Home June 2013
• 01/03 Tourism Bill Feb 2013
• 12/02 Dangerous Weapons Bill Feb 2013

• 01/11 Prevention of Torture Bill July 2012
• 01/10 Prevention and Combatting of Trafficking
• 01/10 Domestic Violence Act Implementation
• 01/10 Child Justice Regulations
• 01/10 Climate Change

2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016

• 05/01 Response – 14th December 2022 – Load Shedding: An Honest Answer at Last by Mike Pothier

• 20/12 Response – 14th December 2022 – Load Shedding: An Honest Answer at Last by Mike Pothier
• 25/11 Response – 24th November 2022 – 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence by Lois Law
• 18/11 Response – 1st November 2022 – The End of Cadre Deployment? by Mike Pothier
• 13/10 Response – 12th October 2022 – Siding with the Mafia by Mike Pothier
• 05/10 Response – 4th October 2022 – A More Honest Narrative on Migrants by Peter-John Pearson
• 16/09 Response – 13th September 2022 – An Extension, but far from a Resolution… by Peter-John Pearson
• 14/09 Response – 6th September 2022 – Scapegoating Foreigners by Peter-John Pearson
• 26/05 Response – 26th May 2022 – International Day of Families by Lois Law
• 11/04 Response – 11th March 2022 – Choosing the New Chief Justice Part III by Mike Pothier
• 11/04 Response – 11th March 2022 – Choosing the New Chief Justice Part III by Mike Pothier
• 24/02 Response – 24th February 2022 – The 2022 Budget by Mike Pothier
• 11/02 Response – 11th February 2022 – The State of the Nation Address by Mike Pothier
• 08/02 Response – 8th February 2022 – Choosing the New Chief Justice, Part II by Mike Pothier

• 09/12 Response: Another 16 Days of Activism by Lois Law
• 07/12 Response: The National Labour Migration Policy by Peter-John Pearson
• 01/12 Response: The Suspension of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits by Peter-John Pearson
• 17/09 Response: Choosing the New Chief Justice by Mike Pothier
• 14/09 Response: The Angolan Exemption Permit, 2021 by Peter-John Pearson
• 25/08 Response: Women’s Month and Alert Level Three Lockdown by Lois Law
• 11/08 Response: The Auditor-General’s Achievement by Mike Pothier
• 06/08 Response: The Cabinet Reshuffle by Mike Pothier
• 30/06 Response: A Republic of Laws by Mike Pothier
• 23/06 Response: World Refugee Day 2021 By Peter-John Pearson
• 23/06 Response: World Refugee Day 2021 By Peter-John Pearson
• 04/05 Response: Leaving Refugees in Limbo by Fr Peter-John Pearson
• 12/02 Response: The State of the Nation Address by Adv Mike Pothier
• 12/02 Response: Vaccine for All in South Africa By Fr Peter-John Pearson
• 05/02 Response: Full Circle? by Mike Pothier

• 03/12 Response: 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children
• 03/12 Response: 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children
• 08/10 Response: A Cautious Opening of Borders
• 10/07 Response: COVID-19 and People on the Move.
• 02/07 Response : Corruption Thriving
• 12/06 Response: Independents Get Their Day
• 12/06 Response : Refugee Rights Extended
• 04/06 Response: Child Protection Week 2020
• 19/05 Response 190520
• 15/05 Response: Starting to lose the high ground
• 24/04 Response: Lockdown Level 4
• 22/04 Response: A social relief and economic stimulus package to save lives and livelihoods
• 17/04 Response
• 06/04 Response : Covid-19 Ministerial Accountability
• 26/03 Response: The Government Impresses
• 20/03 Response: The Declaration of a National State of Disaster
• 27/02 The 2020 Budget
• 14/02 Response: The 2020 SONA

• 27/09 Response: South Africa & Xenophobia
• 23/09 Response: The Unconstitutionality of Corporal Punishment
• 21/06 Response: The Second State of the Nation Address 2019
• 30/05 Response: The New Cabinet
• 13/05 Response: The 2019 General Election – A Clear Mandate
• 21/02 Response: 2019 Budget
• 08/02 Response: The 2019 State of the Nation Address

• 06/12 Response: International World AIDS Day
• 12/10 Response: Good News for Good Governance
• 10/10 Response: Getting the Easy Things Wrong
• 08/10 Response: A Vatican Tribute to Nelson Mandela
• 14/09 Response: The Reinstatement of the Death Penalty
• 04/09 Response: Sister Water
• 17/07 Response: Civil Society & The Global Compact on Migration
• 06/06 Response: The Higher Education Budget
• 28/02 Response: A Holding Cabinet
• 23/02 Response: The 2018 Budget
• 19/02 Response: The State of the Nation Address
• 15/02 Response: The Zuma Lessons

• 23/03 Reaching Consensus in Parliament March 2016
• 25/02 Response – The 2016 Budget February 2016
• 12/02 Response – SONA 2016_ February 2016
• 12/01 Response – Comprehensive Agreement January 2016

2023 • 2022

• 29/08 Democracy Digest 10 – The Multi-Party Charter – a viable option? By Mike Pothier
• 02/06 Democracy Digest 9 – Cholera – A Symptom of Poor Governance by Mike Pothier
• 06/01 Democracy Digest 8 – The ANC’s National Conference by Mike Pothier

• 26/12 Democracy Digest 8 – The ANC’s National Conference by Mike Pothier
• 27/10 Democracy Digest 7: The Beginnings of Electoral Reform by Mike Pothier
• 04/03 Democracy digest: Abstaining on Ukraine by Mike Pothier

2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019

• 05/01 Economic Digest 34 – Phase 2 of the National Infrastructure Plan by Kenny Pasensie

• 15/12 Economic Digest 34 – Phase 2 of the National Infrastructure Plan by Kenny Pasensie
• 18/11 Economic Digest 33 – Mini Budget 2022 by Kenny Pasensie
• 26/09 Economic Digest 32 – What Grey-listing will mean for SA by Kenny Pasensie
• 08/09 Economic Digest 31 September 2022: Social Compacting for Economic Development and Growth
• 23/03 Economic Digest 30: Living on a minimum wage by Kenny Pasensie
• 22/02 Economic Digest 29: Budget Expectations by Kenny Pasensie
• 09/02 Economic Digest 28: Will The President Go BIG? By Kenny Pasensie

• 03/12 Economic Digest 27: The Economic Road Ahead: It’s Looking Bleak for 2022 by Kenny Pasensie
• 18/11 Economic Digest 26: Enoch Godongwana’s MTBPS: Just like Tito’s but with better shoes by Kenny Pasensie
• 29/10 Economic Digest 25: Local Government Elections 2021 by Kenny Pasensie
• 31/08 Economic Digest 24 The Green Paper that’s creating all the buzz by Kenny Pasensie
• 26/08 Economic Digest 23: Enoch Godongwana: Finance’s newly minted coin by Kenny Pasensie
• 06/08 Economic Digest 22: SAA- Selling Off the Family Junk? by Kenny Pasensie
• 30/07 Economic Digest 21: Tackling Poverty with Innovation and Creativity by Kenny Pasensie
• 24/02 Economic Digest 20 – Budget 2021: Will the Right Moves be Made? by Mr Kenny Pasensie
• 05/02 Economic Digest 19: 2021 Economic Prospects by Mr Kenny Pasensie

• 04/11 Economic Digest 18
• 21/10 Economic Digest 17: The Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan
• 08/10 Economic Digest 16
• 31/07 Family Digest 33
• 02/07 Economic Digest 15
• 23/06 Economic Digest 14
• 23/06 Response: Extending the COVID-19 Relief Grants
• 18/06 Family Digest 32
• 29/05 Economic Digest 13
• 26/05 Economic Digest
• 04/05 Economic Digest 11
• 08/04 Economic Digest 10
• 06/04 Economic Digest 9: Covid-19: Making the Economy more Human
• 26/03 Economic Digest 8: The Economy in the Time of Covid-19
• 19/02 Economic Digest 7

• 25/07 Economic Digest 5
• 25/06 Economic Digest 4
• 06/06 Economic Digest 3: What’s the obsession with the South African Reserve Bank?
• 27/05 Economic Digest 2, May 2019

2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019

• 25/11 Environment Digest 40 – COP27 – Reactions by Lovedonia Mkansi
• 26/09 Environment Digest 39 – Plastic Pollution by Lovedonia Mkansi
• 22/04 Environment Digest 38: The Scarcity of Fresh Water, Exacerbated by Pollution by Lovedonia Mkansi
• 23/03 Environment Digest 37: Electricity Pricing in South Africa by Lovedonia Mkansi
• 22/02 Environment Digest 36: The State of Electricity: Load-shedding will be here for a while by Lovedonia Mkansi

• 06/08 Environment Digest 25: Medupi Is Complete – But at What Cost? by Lovedonia Mkansi
• 01/06 Environment Digest 24 : Powerships
• 19/03 Environment Digest 21: Systemic Linkages: Building the Future We Want
• 01/02 Environment Digest 21

• 21/08 Environment Digest
• 16/07 Environment Digest
• 18/06 Environment Digest 18
• 03/06 Environment Digest
• 08/05 Environment Digest 17
• 29/04 Environment Digest 16
• 21/04 Environment Digest 15
• 08/04 Environment Digest 14
• 31/03 Environment Digest 12 – Hygiene & COVID-19
• 31/03 Environment Digest 11 – Electricity Demand & Supply
• 19/02 Environment Digest 10
• 12/02 Environment Digest 9

• 16/10 Environment Digest 8: World Food Day 2019
• 18/06 Environment Digest 7: From droughts to floods: Is there a going back to normal?
• 13/03 Environment Digest 6: Shedding Light on Eskom’s Unbundling
• 20/02 Environment Digest 5: “National disaster”: the recent drought period

2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017

• 18/11 Family Digest 51 – Disability and Access to Public Transport by Lois Law
• 13/10 Family Digest 50 – International Day of Older Persons 2022 by Lois Law
• 05/10 Family Digest 49 – Teen Suicide by Lois Law
• 08/06 Family Digest 48: ‘Everyone Deserves to Eat’, World Hunger Day by Lois Law
• 12/04 Family Digest 47: Older Women and Gender Based Violence by Lois Law
• 30/03 Family Digest 46: Women’s History Month by Lois Law

• 27/10 Family Digest 45: International Day of the Girl Child by Lois Law
• 07/10 Family Digest 44: Pregnancy and COVID-19 by Lois Law
• 13/08 Family Digest 43: World Breastfeeding Week by Lois Law
• 21/07 Family Digest 42: Older Persons and Covid-19 by Lois Law
• 30/06 Family Digest 41: World Child Labour Day By Lois Law
• 15/06 Family Digest 40: Menstrual Hygiene Day by Lois Law
• 28/05 Family Digest 39 : Bullying in Schools
• 19/03 Family Digest 38: Pit Latrines and the Rights of the Child
• 24/02 Family Digest 37: Teen Suicide Prevention Week and COVID-19 by Ms Lois Law
• 01/02 Family Digest 36: Disability, Desperation and the Water Cannon

• 21/10 Family Digest 35 : Homelessness during COVID-19
• 30/09 Family Digest 34
• 31/07 Family Digest 33
• 12/05 Family Digest 31
• 04/05 Family Digest 30
• 08/04 Family Digest 29
• 12/02 Family Digest 28

• 08/10 Family Digest 27
• 19/08 Family Digest 26
• 25/07 Family Digest 25
• 18/06 Family Digest 24
• 09/05 Family Digest 23
• 25/01 Family Digest 22

• 02/11 Family Digest 21: TB – a major public health issue, but preventable and curable
• 14/09 Family Digest 20: Infant Deaths at Thelle Mogorane Hospital
• 06/06 Family Digest 19
• 13/04 Family Digest 18
• 28/03 Family Digest 17

• 05/12 Family Digest 16 National Disability Rights Awareness Month November 2017

2018

• 18/09 Land Digest 4: Expropriation without Compensation

2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017

• 05/01 Refugee Digest 72 – Migrants, Refugees and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson

• 18/11 Refugee Digest 71 – Migrants, Refugees and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 05/10 Refugee Digest 70 – Migrants, Refugees and Displaced Persons
• 05/10 Refugee Digest 69 – Migrants, Refugees and Displace Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 24/08 Refugee Digest 68: Migrants, Refugees and Displaced Persons
• 24/08 Refugee Digest 67: Migrants, Refugees and Displaced Persons
• 17/06 Refugee Digest 66: Refugees, Migrants and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 12/04 Refugee Digest 65: Refugees, Migrants and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 24/03 Refugee Digest 64: Refugees, Migrants and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 22/02 Refugee Digest 63: Refugees, Migrants & Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 27/01 Refugee Digest 62: Refugees, Migrants & Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson

• 03/12 Refugee Digest 61: Refugee, Migrants and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 25/11 Refugee Digest 60: Refugees, Migrants and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 28/10 Refugee Digest 59: Migrants, Refugees and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 08/10 Refugee Digest 58: Refugee, Migrants and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 17/09 Refugee Digest 57: Refugees, Migrants and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 13/08 Refugee Digest 56: Refugees, Migrants and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 30/07 Refugee Digest 55: Refugees, Migrants and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 08/07 Refugee Digest 54: Refugees, Migrants and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson
• 04/06 Refugee Digest 52: Migrants and Displaced Persons By Peter-John Pearson
• 04/05 Refugee Digest 53: Refugees, Migrants, and Displaced Persons by Fr Peter-John Pearson
• 19/03 Refugee Digest 51: Migrants, Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Displaced Persons
• 24/02 Refugee Digest 50: Refugees, Migrants and Displaced Persons by Fr Peter-John Pearson
• 01/02 Refugee Digest 49

• 15/12 Refugee Digest 48
• 26/11 Refugee Digest 47
• 15/10 Refugee Digest 46: Refugees, Migrants and Asylum Seekers
• 30/09 Refugee Digest 45
• 04/08 Refugee Digest 44
• 13/07 Refugee Digest 43
• 03/07 Refugee Digest 42
• 12/05 Refugee Digest 41
• 04/05 Refugee Digest 40
• 15/04 Refugee Digest 39: Displaced Persons in the Time of Covid-19
• 02/03 Refugee Digest 38
• 11/02 Refugee Digest 37

• 04/12 Refugee Digest 36
• 01/11 Refuge Digest 35
• 28/08 Refugee Digest 34
• 30/07 Refugee Digest 33
• 26/06 Refugees Digest 32
• 07/06 Refugee Digest 31
• 06/03 Newsletter Volume 36
• 21/01 Refugees Digest 30

• 05/12 Newsletter Volume 35
• 15/08 Refugees Digest 29
• 09/07 Refugees Digest 28
• 25/05 Refugees Digest 27
• 07/05 Refugees Digest 26
• 30/04 Newsletter Volume 33
• 10/04 Refugees Digest 25
• 03/04 Refugees Digest 24
• 23/03 Refugees Digest 23
• 20/02 Newsletter: October – December 2017
• 26/01 Refugees Digests 22 January 2018

• 13/12 Refugees Digest 21 December 2017
• 05/12 Refugees Digest 20 November 2017

2021 • 2019

• 15/09 Newsletter Vol 39

• 11/11 Newsletter Vol 38
• 11/11 Newsletter vol 37

2021 • 2020 • 2018

• 13/10 Democracy Digest: Choosing Our Judges by Mike Pothier

• 03/06 Democracy Digest
• 15/04 Democracy Digest: Policing the Lockdown

• 03/07 African CPLO conference 2017 Report
• 15/03 Considering renewable energy jobs within a just energy transition in South Africa

2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016

• 01/11 Friday 10th November 2023 | PANEL DISCUSSION ON: THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN THE 2024 ELECTION
• 24/10 Tuesday 31st October 2023 | WEBINAR: THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE – Is it achieving its goals or is it a contributor to unemployment?
• 26/09 Friday 6th October 2023 | WEBINAR: SEXUAL ABUSE IN PRISONS
• 05/09 Friday 8th September 2023 | ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON: THE 2023 ZIMBABWEAN ELECTIONS: LOCAL & REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS
• 28/08 Wednesday 6th September 2023 | HYBRID EVENT: A United Nations Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations: Its relevance and potential impact for South Africa and the African Continent
• 14/08 Thursday 17th August 2023 | WEBINAR: TOO SOON FORGOTTEN – What has happened with the recommendations of the Zondo Commission?
• 02/08 Thursday 10th August 2023 | WEBINAR: The Vulnerability of Girls and Young Women to HIV Infection
• 04/07 Thursday 6th July 2023 | ZOOM OPEN DISCUSSION: Analysing the recent Gauteng High Court judgement on the ZEP case and the Ministers grounds for appealing that decision.
• 08/06 Wednesday 14th June 2023 | WEBINAR: The Value of Waste-Pickers
• 24/05 Thursday 25th May 2023 | CPLO Twitter Space – Reflections on Selected Programmes of the Presidential Employment Stimulus
• 26/04 Thursday 4th May 2023 | Unpacking the Six Pillars of the National Strategic Plan on Gender Based Violence and Femicide
• 23/04 26th April 2023 | CPLO Webinar – COALITION GOVERNANCE – Are We Ready?
• 11/04 Wednesday 12th April 2023 | CPLO Twitter Space – South Africa’s Greylisting: Navigating myths & truths about economic impact
• 28/02 Tuesday 14th March 2023 | Hybrid Discussion on: Climate Finance for a Just Transition

• 07/11 Online Discussion on: Enhancing Accountability? The Arguments around Electoral Reform
• 27/10 Webinar/Roundtable discussion: The Impact of Malnutrition on Infants and Children
• 16/09 Advocacy on Mining and Extractive Industries
• 25/05 UPCOMING WEBINAR: Child Pregnancy
• 12/05 Webinar: Talking about a Devolution: Getting Passenger Rail back on Track
• 03/05 UPCOMING WEBINAR: UNPACKING THE HIGH COSTS OF LIVING
• 02/03 Invitation: Budget 2022: What’s in it for us?
• 23/02 Webinar Invitation: Draft Review of the Electricity Pricing Policy 2022
• 22/02 UPCOMING WEBINAR: What To Do with The Judicial Service Commission?

• 27/10 WEBINAR: Where Are They? Missing and Abandoned Children
• 23/09 WEBINAR: ‘Enhancing the performance of SOEs by getting the governance right’
• 16/09 CADRE DEPLOYMENT Building or Breaking a Capable State?
• 16/09 COVID-19 Vaccines: Some Unresolved Issues…
• 11/08 ‘THE IMPACT OF THE RECENT VIOLENCE ON MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES: Reflecting on the experiences of the mobile community.’

• 13/08 Online Discussion: The Social Market Economy – A Model for South Africa?
• 12/03 The Need for an Anti-Corruption Commission 13.03.20
• 12/03 Climate Change Finance Policy Packages and Water Security 10.03.20
• 12/03 The Budget 2020 – will it do enough to buy the economy some breathing space? 06.03.20
• 12/03 Regulations to the 2017 Refugees Amendment Act 28.02.20
• 12/03 Teen Pregnancy 27.02.20

• 21/11 Violence Against Children 28.11.19
• 21/11 Gender-Based Violence and the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act 07.11.19
• 20/11 Decommissioning the SASSA Pay-points: How the elderly pay the price 03.10.19
• 07/10 BIG- Still a means to bridging the inequality gap? 05 September 2019
• 28/08 Eskom Unbundling Explained 29 August 2019
• 26/08 The Basic Income Grant – Still a means to bridging the inequality gap? 05 September 2019
• 06/08 The Youth Employment Service – Making a dent in youth unemployment
• 13/06 Gender Based Violence and the Implementation of the Domestic Violence Act
• 27/05 Appropriate Technologies and Sustainable Development, 29 May 2019
• 23/05 Faith Communities: Reflecting on our Relationship with the Living Earth , 21 May 2019
• 27/03 Fordham University Students visit CPLO, 27 March 2019
• 27/03 “Being on the right side of history” Three European responses to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, 26 March 2019
• 27/03 The Sin of Abuse in Our Church: Attempting to understand it, 26 March 2019
• 27/03 The 2019 General Election: The Most Crucial Contest Yet?, 12 April 2019
• 15/03 Denied Access, 19 March 2019
• 15/03 Three European responses to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, 26 March 2019
• 12/03 Elections 2019: Who Is Saying What About Corruption?, 19 March 2019
• 12/03 The role of GMOs in Food Security: An African Context, 12 March 2019
• 11/02 Choice on Termination of Pregnancy, 1 February 2019
• 11/02 The Challenges of Fatherhood in Contemporary South Africa, 21 February 2019
• 11/02 Birth Certificates and Access to Education, 27 February 2019
• 11/02 Manufacturing Illegality: The Impact of Curtailing Asylum Seekers Right to Work in South Africa, 5 March 2019

• 12/10 Sustainable Development Goals: What is the Progress? 24 October 2018
• 10/10 African Futures – The long view: Structural transitions for prosperity, 23 October 2018
• 04/10 Land Expropriation: Whether to do it; How to do it; & the Unintended Consequences, 22 October 2018
• 01/10 The Impact of Domestic Violence on Women and Children, 18 October 2018
• 01/10 The SA Informal Sector: Creating Jobs, Reducing Poverty, 11 October 2018
• 01/10 JNB Roundtable: Protecting the Rights to Education for Refugees & Migrants, 9 October 2018
• 11/09 Violence & Migrant Women: A Global Problem needing Local Solutions, 25 September 2018
• 22/08 PTA Roundtable – The 2019 General Elections: Will we be ready for it? 24 August 2018
• 10/08 Climate Change & Food Security: The Impact on Rural Women, 16 August 2018
• 31/07 The 2019 General Elections: Will we be ready for it? 17 August 2018
• 23/07 Prisoners on Remand, 25 July 2018
• 06/06 Prostitution/Sex Work: Is it work and is it a choice? 21 June 2018
• 04/05 The 2018 Budget: Process, Priorities and Implementation, 16 May 2018
• 26/04 The status and future of the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office and South Africa’s Refugee Protection Framework, 5 April 2018
• 09/04 Just Energy Transition, 25 April 2018
• 09/04 Public Lecture, 23 April 2018
• 12/03 Seminar: The Amendments to Key Labour Legislation, 12 March 2018
• 12/03 Budget 2018: What about Our Human Rights? 9 March 2018
• 28/02 Lawfare: Judicial Over-reach or the Rule of Law? 20 February 2018
• 28/02 The First Thousand Days & the Failure to Thrive, 28 February 2018
• 09/01 Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act Commemoration Mass, 1 February

• 29/11 Urban Agriculture: Solution to urban poverty and unemployment? 30 November 2017
• 27/11 The Impact of Gang Violence on Children, 29 November 2017
• 20/11 JNB Roundtable: A Just Energy Transition in South Africa, 28 November 2017
• 16/11 DBN Roundtable: Migrants and Social Housing: What is going on? 22 November 2017
• 07/11 PMB Roundtable: Political Violence in KwaZulu-Natal, 16 Nov 2017
• 27/10 The Quest for a Decent Standard of Living, 10 Nov 2017
• 23/10 The new Public Protector, one year on 3 November 2017
• 03/10 JNB Roundtable: Migrants and Social Housing, 6 October 2017
• 23/08 What about the Boy Child? 22 August 2017
• 15/08 Municipal Coalition Governance: A model for 2019? 28 August 2017
• 15/08 A Just Energy Transition in South Africa, 24 August 2017
• 31/07 Choosing the National Police Commissioner and the Head of the Hawks, 10 August 2017
• 20/06 Migrants and Social Housing: What is going? 22 June 2017
• 15/06 Community Protests: a means to make local government listen? 27 June 2017
• 24/05 The Sustainable Development of the South African Ocean Economy, 31 May 2017
• 10/05 State Capture in the Criminal Justice Sector, 19 May 2017
• 26/04 JNB Roundtable: Community Protests: A means to make local government listen? 9 May 2017
• 20/04 Early Childhood Development and Children with Disability, 19 April 2017
• 27/03 The Ethics of Political Populism in Europe, 22 March 2017
• 13/03 Public Lecture: Amoris Laetitia, 22 March 2017
• 03/03 Alternative forms of Land Ownership, 15 March 2017
• 21/02 Unpacking the 2017 Budget: What are the options for the poor? 9 March 2016
• 06/02 Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill, 14 February 2016
• 31/01 Post-Sona, Post-Truth Debate, 10 February 2017
• 25/01 Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Mass, 1 February 2017

• 02/12 Public Employment Programmes: Are They Working? 5 December 2016
• 15/11 Mthatha Roundtable: Mining Wars, 17 November 2016
• 15/11 Public Seminar: The Future of Democracy in Africa, 1 December 2016
• 01/11 JNB Roundtable: Segregated Spaces, 2 November 2016
• 27/09 KZN Roundtable: The Green Voter’s Guide, 7th October 2016
• 20/09 CT Roundtable: The Green Voter’s Guide, 21 September 2016
• 09/09 JHB Roundtable: The Green Voter’s Guide, 16 September 2016
• 09/09 KZN Roundtable: The Local Government Elections and the Future of Politics in South Africa, 14 September 2016
• 22/08 Post Local Election Analysis: Following the Trends, 26 August 2016
• 15/08 JHB Roundtable: Green Paper on International Migration, 17 August 2016
• 10/08 Segregated spaces, 18 August 2016
• 18/07 Intergenerational Poverty, 28 July 2016
• 07/07 JHB Roundtable – South Africa’s International Obligations: The Domestication of the Paris Agreement, 19 July 2016
• 27/06 The Run-Up to Local Elections, 8 July 2016
• 21/06 The New Public Protector, 28 June 2016
• 20/06 Downgrades: A Necessary Evil? 22 June 2016
• 20/06 Public Seminar: Is the Rainbow Nation at a Turning Point?, 29 June 2016
• 30/05 Mining Wars: The People VS The Leaders, 8 June 2016
• 18/05 Meeting with Member of Parliament: Mr John Steenhuisen, 6 May 2016
• 18/05 Meeting with Member of Parliament: Mr Moses Mbatha, 4 May 2016
• 18/05 South Africa’s International Obligations: The Domestication of the Paris Agreement, 27 May
• 17/05 Keeping learners in school: What are the options?, 31 May
• 17/05 Mental Health, 24 May 2015
• 10/05 Why Do We Need Provincial Government?, 20 May 2016
• 06/04 Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, 18 April, 09:30
• 01/04 Public Lecture: Pope Francis’ Decisions on The Family, 19 April 2016, 19H00
• 30/03 The Impact of Climate Change on South African Natural Resources, 18 March 2016
• 30/03 Hidden Economic Burdens, 5 April 2016
• 29/03 Policy and Legislative Changes with Regard to the Amendments to the Refugee Act, 17 March 2016
• 15/03 Stateless Children, 10 March 2016
• 02/03 The Race Debate: Where to from here? 26 February 2016.
• 25/02 Meeting with Ambassador Dangor, 12 February
• 23/02 Discussion on Refugees and Migrants, 19 February 2016
• 09/02 Mensen met een Missie, 18 January 2016
• 04/02 Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act Commemoration Mass, 1 February