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INVITATION: THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES IN CULTIVATING LEADERSHIP

Leadership 2 - EnglishTHE CONSTITUTION AND GOOD PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: BREAKFAST DISCUSSION SERIES

TOPIC: THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES IN CULTIVATING LEADERSHIP

SPEAKERS: PROF RUSSEL BOTMAN and WAYDE GROEP

Join us for the second 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). The Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert Institute (FVZS) joins as a partner for this breakfast. 

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INVITATION: SERVICE DELIVERY AND THE REALISATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS BREAKFAST DISCUSSION

LeadershipInvitationTHE CONSTITUTION AND GOOD PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: BREAKFAST DISCUSSION SERIES

TOPIC: SERVICE DELIVERY AND THE REALISATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: FORMER PRESIDENT FW DE KLERK

Join us for the first 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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STATEMENT: CFCR CONDEMNS VIOLENT PROTEST AND ALLEGED INCITEMENT OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR IN CAPE TOWN

violence-cape-town The Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) strongly condemns the violent and criminal behaviour by protestors resulting in shops and stalls of informal traders being looted and vandalised during a protest in Cape Town’s CBD today. The CFCR also condemns the reported incitement of criminal behaviour by African National Congress (ANC) councillor, Loyiso Nkhola, which allegedly led to today’s actions.

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CASE DISCUSSION: SCHOOL GOVERNING BODIES AND ADMISSION POLICY: MEC FOR EDUCATION IN GAUTENG V RIVONIA PRIMARY SCHOOL

Foter school kidsOn 3 October 2013, the Constitutional Court upheld, in part, an appeal against a judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal that is of core importance to South African education, school governing bodies (SGBs), as well as public single-medium schools.

The matter rested upon determination of the question of who has the final say in determining admission policy in South Africa’s public schools: schools and their SGBs or provincial departments of education?

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CASE DISCUSSION: A FAIR RULING BALANCING THE RIGHTS OF SCHOOL GOVERNING BODIES AND HEADS OF DEPARTMENT

ConCourt MCSALast week, the Constitutional Court handed down a judgment in which it dismissed an appeal from the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in which the Constitutional Court ordered two Free State high schools to review their pupil pregnancy policies. The matter also – and very importantly – addressed the powers of a Head of a Provincial Department of Education (HOD) to issue instructions to the principals of public schools to act in contravention of school policies duly adopted by the governing body of such schools (SGB).

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STATEMENT: APPOINTMENT OF A PERMANENT NDPP

CASAC logoThe Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) welcomes and supports the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution’s (CASAC) and others’ call for the appointment of a qualified, fit and proper National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP). In this regard, we noted a decision by the Constitutional Court to reject CASAC’s application regarding the appointment of a permanent NDPP to be heard as an urgent matter and believe that the Court’s decision in no way reflects on the importance of the matter.

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The FW de Klerk Foundation Annual Conference

The FW de Klerk Foundation Annual Conference – hosted in conjunction with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung – took place on 31 January 2025. The theme of this year’s conference is: “South Africa’s Position in the World Today”.
 

 Esteemed speakers include Ambassador Andreas Peschke (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany); Magda Wierzycka (CEO of Sygnia); Dr Harlan Cloete (Local Governance and Public Leadership – Research Fellow) and Johan “Rassie” Erasmus (Springbok Coach).