INVITATION: INSTITUTIONS SUPPORTING AND STRENGTHENING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY
2014-10-21
THE CONSTITUTION AND GOOD PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: BREAKFAST DISCUSSION SERIES
TOPIC: INSTITUTIONS SUPPORTING AND STRENGTHENING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY
SPEAKERS: PROF PIERRE DE VOS AND ADV VUSI PIKOLI
Join us for the third in a series of breakfast discussions hosted by the School of Public Leadership Public Leadership Forum (SPLPLF) in association with the Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) and the School of Public Leadership (SPL) at Stellenbosch University (SU) and supported by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS).
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