South African Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has delivered an enlightening, moving, wide-ranging 14th Dullah Omar Memorial Lecture, on the topic: “The Rule of Law and the South African Judiciary in the first 30 years of South Africa’s constitutional democracy”. Having partnered with the Dullah Omar Institute for many years, we were honored to support the Lecture again.

"How do you vote in National and Provincial Elections?" - that is the title of a new video we just published as part of our Civics Academy Election Series. The timely video also provides a welcome practical explanation of the new triple ballot system to be used for the first time in the South African Elections at the end of May.

"Impeaching Judges: Constitutional Milestone or Admission of Failure?" - That's the question a public seminar under the same title just asked. Renowned expert speakers on the panel of the hybrid event shared very enlightening facts and analysis in their nuanced reflections.

Law enforcement officials from South Africa, together with the resident representative of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, participated in this year's Ainringer Ostertage (Ainringer Easter Days) focussed on "Leadership in challenging times", organized by the Bavarian Police in Germany.

Learners from Manenberg Primary School enjoyed the Tutu Tots Puppet Show “Desmond’s World”, based on a children’s book by the legendary Archbishop - learning about values and virtues and about dealing with bullies as well.

About 80 Life Orientation Lecturers from Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges across South Africa gathered in Johannesburg for two days of training on teaching "Facilitating Active Citizenship" lessons. They will also use the Lecturer Guide developed with our Civics Academy as they teach their students.

Under that title, a Violence Prevention School Safety Training has just taken place with children at one of the Cape Town schools in hot spot areas identified for this project with the Department of Education.

"A citizen's perspective on the rule of law: Democracy and elections in South Africa" - this was the theme of a hybrid seminar hosted by the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape. It brought together local and international panelists and a diverse audience.

"International Cooperation in Systemic Competition - Time for a Change?" - this was the topic of the well-attended panel discussion just co-hosted with the Federation of German Industries (BDI) at our Hanns Seidel Foundation Head Office in Munich.

Senior members of the German Bundestag's CDU/CSU fraction visited Gauteng and the Western Cape - and we were happy to facilitate productive conversations with representatives of some of our great South African partners and diverse other stakeholders.