In collaboration with the Jesuit Institute and Sisters for Justice, CPLO hosted a roundtable discussion on the results of the municipal elections. The discussion was held in Trinity Hall, Johannesburg, and the panellists were Prof Steven Friedman (Universities of Johannesburg and Rhodes, Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy) and Mr Ebrahim Fakir […]
About 35 people attended this roundtable. Most of them were people from the faith sector working on issues pertaining to refugees, migrants and displaced persons. The aim of the meeting was to get a sense of shared insights on the Green Paper and to achieve a measure of coherence around responses to the Paper. One […]
The CPLO hosted a Roundtable discussion at the Parish Centre next to the CPLO offices, on the subject of ‘Segregated Spaces’ – the persistence of racially-defined residential spaces in the post-Apartheid era. Two speakers led the discussion, the Western-Cape MEC for Human Settlements, Bonginkosi Madikizela, and Ndifuna Ukwazi researcher, Gavin Silber. The discussion was quite […]
On Thursday 28 July, the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office hosted a Roundtable Discussion on ‘Intergenerational Poverty’. The Roundtable brought together a multiplicity of perspectives. There were five guests speakers, Ms Musa Ngcobo-Mbere, Chief Director for Early Childhood Development from the Department of Social Development, Mr Elroy Paulus, Advocacy Manager of Black Sash, Mr Kevin Roussel, […]
On 19 July 2016 a roundtable on South Africa’s International Obligations: The Domestication of the Paris Agreement was organised by the CPLO in collaboration with Project 90 by 2030 and Youth @ SAIIA (South African Institute for International Affairs) at Wits University, Johannesburg. The speakers for the event were Mr Alex McNamara from National Business Initiative; […]
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On 6th May 2016, the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office (CPLO) and the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) hosted a lunch meeting with the chief whip of the Democratic Alliance, Mr John Steenhuisen. Mr Steenhuisen began by validating the importance of organisations like the CPLO, and noting the significant role a strong and vibrant civil society plays […]
On 4th May 2016, the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office (CPLO), in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) hosted a lunch meeting with a representative of South Africa’s third biggest political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Mr Moses Mbatha. Mr Mbatha is a member of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training. Mr […]
The 22nd of April 2016 saw South Africa sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and thereafter undergo a process of domesticating the agreement into South African law. This process is called ratification, and an instrument of ratification will be deposited in the UN depository. This instrument will communicate South Africa’s consent to be bound […]
The Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office, in collaboration with the Catholic Institute of Education and Inclusive Education South Africa, held a roundtable discussion to address the crises facing our education system that fails to retain more than half of its learners at the end of their schooling. Close to 60% of youth that enter the schooling […]
