The CPLO in conjunction with Heinrich Boell Foundation and Environmental Monitoring Group hosted an afternoon roundtable discussion entitled, The Green Voter’s Guide in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. The speakers for the event were Ms Nomvula Mofokeng from the Department of Water Services, Policy Development and Regulation in the City of Johannesburg; Mr David van Wyk, head researcher […]
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On 26th August the CPLO and the Hanns Seidel Foundation hosted a roundtable discussion entitled: ‘Post-Election Analysis: Following The Trends’. We invited two guest speakers, Dr Zwelethu Jolobe – senior lecturer in Political Studies at UCT, and Dr Alain Tschudin – executive director of Good Governance Africa. The discussion was well-attended and a crowd of […]
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; […]
On Friday 8 July, The Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office (CPLO) in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation hosted a roundtable discussion titled: “The Run-Up to Local Elections”. We invited four guest speakers, Mr Kevin Mileham – DA Shadow Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Mr Xolani Sotashe – ANC Western Cape Mayoral Candidate, Mr […]
On 28th June 2016, the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office (CPLO), in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) hosted a roundtable discussion on “The New Public Protector”. The guest panellists included Dr Makhiso Khoza- Chair of the Ad-Hoc Committee on the Appointment of the New Public Protector; Ms Kavisha Pillay- Project Manager of Corruption Watch’s […]
