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A Just Energy Transition in South Africa, 24 August 2017

In collaboration with Project 90 by 2030 we hosted a roundtable discussion where Brenda Martin, CEO at SAWEA (South African Wind Energy Association); Lebogang Mulaisi, Policy Coordinator at COSATU & Richard Halsey, Researcher at Project 90 by 2030 dialogued on A Just Energy Transition in South Africa: Sources, Ownership and Related Matters. There are several […]

Choosing the National Police Commissioner and the Head of the Hawks, 10 August 2017

This Roundtable was co-hosted by CPLO and the Hanns Seidel Foundation, in collaboration with Corruption Watch (CW) and the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). There were four speakers. Mr David Lewis, the Executive Director of Corruption Watch, introduced the topic, and explained that South Africa has been suffering from poor quality leadership at the head […]

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 […]

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 […]