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Constitution Week

The Constitution Week at UCT’s faculty of law intends to raise the profile of constitutional law, as well as to provide a forum for the examination of key areas of constitutionalism.

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DAY ONE: 12 MARCH

A DYNAMIC CONSTITUTION?

17h30-19h00

OPENING ADDRESS by ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF JUSTICE Z YACOOB, followed by a Q & A session.

PJ SCHWIKKARD AND CHRISTINA TEICHMAN (KAS) will open the event and RICHARD CALLAND will chair.

DAY TWO: 13 MARCH

TRUTH WILL OUT? THE ARMS DEAL ENQUIRY

17h30-19h00

REANETTE TALJAARD

TERRY CRAWFORD BROWN

THEMBA GODI (SCOPA)

MOSIUOA LEKOTA (FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENCE)

RICHARD CALLAND will chair.

DAY THREE: 14 MARCH

UNDERSTANDING OUR PAST TO CONFRONT OUR FUTURE: THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN REALISING TRANSFORMATIVE CONSTITUTIONALISM

17h00-18h30

Keynote address: Judge Vincent Saldanha (TBC)

JUDGE SALDANHA

ADVOCATES FOR TRANSFORMATION

JON PARSONAGE Director of the ConCourt Education Programme at the Constitutional Court

MEETALI JAIN (DIRECTOR OF CLASI) will chair.

DAY FOUR: 15 MARCH

CULTURAL RIGHT OR CULTURAL REPRESSION?

17h30-19h00

PATEKILE HOLOMISA

MAMPHELA RAMPHELE

SINDISO MSINI WEEKS

JUDGE DENNIS DAVIS will chair.

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Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town

Contact

Christina Teichmann

dgru, Democratic Governance and Right Unit http://www.dgru.uct.ac.za/home/

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