Experts from both continents discussed the priorities that Africa’s negotiators should push for in formulating a new Africa-EU strategy at this seminar just co-hosted by the Institute for Security Studies and the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM). A large, engaged audience joined and spoke to the relevance of this topic.

Our colleagues at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, together with the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, the Mandela Rhodes Foundation and the Nelson Mandela Institute, hosted a very special Memorial Service for Achmat Dangor, the former Chief Executive of the Nelson Mandela Foundation chosen by Madiba himself, and leader of further Mandela legacy organisations.

Trevor Manuel, former Finance Minister of South Africa, was on the panel with Prof Markus Beckmann, Chair, Corporate Sustainability Management, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, for this seminar we co-hosted with our partners from the CPLO in Cape Town.

Over the past two months, about 150 Life Orientation lecturers from more than 30 Technical & Vocational Education & Training Colleges in 7 provinces in South Africa participated in online training held by their “LO Champion” colleagues on using the new Lecturer Guide “Facilitating active citizenship”. They enjoyed it and were very positive about the new approach.

Trevor Manuel, former South African Finance Minister, will discuss this topic with Prof Markus Beckmann, Chair, Corporate Sustainability Management, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, in a seminar we will host with the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office Cape Town.