INVITATION: THE CONSTITUTION AND GOOD PUBLIC LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST DISCUSSION SERIES 2016
2016-07-28
THE CONSTITUTION AND GOOD PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: BREAKFAST DISCUSSION SERIES 2016
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THE CONSTITUTION AND GOOD PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: BREAKFAST DISCUSSION SERIES 2016
THE CONSTITUTION AND GOOD PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: BREAKFAST DISCUSSION SERIES 2016
SPEAKERS: HIS EXCELLENCY, AMBASSADOR MR WALTER LINDER OF GERMANY, AND HER EXCELLENCY, AMBASSADOR MS MARISA GERARDS OF THE NETHERLANDS
THE CONSTITUTION AND GOOD PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: BREAKFAST DISCUSSION SERIES 2015
SPEAKERS: PROF ADAM HABIB AND PROF BARNEY PITYANA
THE CONSTITUTION AND GOOD PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: BREAKFAST DISCUSSION SERIES 2015
TOPIC: PARLIAMENT, THE PEOPLE AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT
SPEAKERS: MOSIUOA LEKOTA AND TONY LEON
THE CONSTITUTION AND GOOD PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: BREAKFAST DISCUSSION SERIES 2015
SPEAKERS: JOHANN KRIEGLER AND ZAK YACOOB
The Centre for Constitutional Rights (the CFCR) notes with great concern the increasing attacks on the independence, impartiality, dignity and effectiveness of the courts by senior members of the African National Congress (ANC) and its alliance partners.
ANC Secretary General, Gwede Mantashe, accuses the Judiciary of “overreaching” and “contradicting the interest of the state versus judiciary”. He reportedly stated that “there is a drive in sections of the judiciary to create chaos for governance… if it doesn’t happen in the Western Cape High Court, it will happen in the Northern Gauteng – those are the two benches where you always see that the narrative is totally negative and create a contradiction.”
The Centre for Constitutional Rights (the CFCR) welcomes the release of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry’s report into the tragic incidents at the Lonmin Mine in Marikana, which led to the deaths of 44 people between 11 – 16 August 2012.
The CFCR also welcomes the recommendation made by the Commission that the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) ability to effectively deal with public order policing be reviewed and strengthened.