Oprah Winfrey was the keynote speaker at this much anticipated event in the huge hall at the Soweto Campus of the University of Johannesburg which was co-hosted by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the Graça Machel Trust and the Kuhluka Movement.

A long-standing partner of HSF, the Bergzicht Training Centre in Stellenbosch, received an award from the Impumelelo Social Innovations Award Centre for their "Transforming Lives Through Meaningful Employment" project recently.

Together with the Social Justice Coalition and the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the Institute for Security Studies just co-hosted this highly informative seminar in Cape Town which brought together representatives of provincial government, academia and civil society.

A high-level delegation from the Bavarian State Police visited South Africa in November at the invitation of the Hanns Seidel Foundation. The visit formed part of our ongoing support for work to improve the safety situation in the country.

Together with young people who work with our Civics Academy, we attended an event with Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Johannesburg recently. It was co-hosted with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the German Embassy.