Author: Jacob
Published:
08
Aug
2018
Topic: The Zimbabwe Elections of July 2018 “A missed opportunity or the defining moment of the second republic”
Author: Jacob
Published:
08
Aug
2018
08 August 2018 - The provincial legislatures oversee and make the law. But when it comes to sexual harassment they seem to think they do not need the law. The #NotOurLeaders campaign has written repeatedly to all nine provincial legislatures and our four largest political parties requesting copies of their sexual harassment policies. To date, we have only received copies of two sexual harassment policies.
Author: Jacob
Published:
08
Aug
2018
The Dullah Omar Institute is delighted to announce that, three LLM/MPhil in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa, students from Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria joined the institute. The students will be doing their internship at the institute until December.
Author: Jacob
Published:
08
Aug
2018
The Dullah Omar Institute visited Someleze Education Centre, a crèche in Wallacedene, as part of the Institute’s Mandela Day initiatives.
Author: Jacob
Published:
02
Aug
2018
The Dullah Omar Institute is delighted to announce that the South African Minister of Higher Education and Training, Honourable Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor is set to deliver the 12th Dullah Omar Memorial Lecture on 09 October 2018.
Author: Jacob
Published:
01
Aug
2018
45% of councillors in South Africa fear violence, 25% are pressurised around tenders and 32% prefer ‘getting this done’ over consultation. These were some of the statistics discussed during the seminar on “Voice and Accountability: What Councillors Say”, hosted by the Dullah Omar Institute, in collaboration with the South African Local Government Association.
Twice a year the University of Fribourg offers scholarships to young researchers who would like to undertake a research stay on a doctoral or post-doctoral level.
news: Local Gov
Author: Jacob
Published:
02
Jul
2018
The Socio Economic Rights Project (SERP) in conjunction with the Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN), held a colloquium on the role of regional/sub-regional human rights bodies in advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Africa, from the 28 – 29 June 2018.