In association with Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations, CPLO hosted a dialogue on the 2018 Budget, its processes, priorities and implementation. The event was a first of its kind for the Standing Committee, which approached CPLO on the basis of our experience in providing platforms of interaction between policy-makers and civil society.  The dialogue represented […]

In collaboration with the Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHIMA) and the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town, we hosted a seminar on the Status and Future of the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office and South Africa’s Refugee Protection Framework. Mr Corey Johnson, advocacy officer at the Scalabrini Centre argued that the Refugee Reception […]

Following a Roundtable Discussion on Just Energy Transition: Renewable Energy Jobs that was held in October 2017, CPLO and Project 90×2030 continuously join efforts with an objective of building momentum on this topic. Amongst the speakers at this latest Roundtable, were Dr Neil Overy a freelance researcher; Ms Karien Erasmus of Promethium and Mr Thabo […]

Dr Jan Jans of Tilburg University, addressed a public lecture in Rondebosch on the evolution of recent church teaching on sexuality. By exploring key sections in Humanae Vitae and comparing them with key sections in Amoris Laetitcia, he outlined key areas of continuity and change in the teachings. He pointed out that the findings of […]

Dr Carin Runciman, senior researcher at the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Change, spoke at a seminar aimed at unpacking the National Minimum Wage Bill, as well as the amendments to the Labour Relations Act and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. According to Dr Runciman, the amendments to the labour laws are the […]

Ms Hopolang Selebalo, senior researcher at the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute, and Fr Russell Pollitt, S.J, Director of the Jesuit Institute, were the main speakers at this Roundtable. Ms Hopolang’s analysis of the 2018 Budget focussed on whether the Budget has been articulated into a programme of action that uses the redistributive power […]

The first Roundtable of 2018  was addressed by three speakers: Adv Thuli Madonsela, former Public Protector and now Professor of Social Justice at Stellenbosch University; Mr John Jeffery, the Deputy-Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development; and Professor Pierre de Vos, Professor of Constitutional Governance at the University of Cape Town.

From the moment of conception, the developing child is vulnerable to the effects of substance abuse; poor maternal nutrition; poverty and inter-personal violence. These intersecting risks factors can be avoided with appropriate psycho-social and public health interventions. These issues were addressed at a Roundtable Discussion by Dr Lisanne du Plessis from the Division for Human […]

The CPLO hosted a Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral to mark the coming into law of the Termination of Pregnancy Act in 1997. The Director of the CPLO Fr Peter-John Pearson referred to David’s speech to Solomon, in the Bible, which was the reading for the day. David instructed Solomon to stand by his principles, […]