Quote of the week
Both the constructive disagreement intrinsic to science and the adversarial scrutiny necessary to politics disappear in this invocation of science as the ultimate authority – this trick will become familiar in the coming months. An extraordinary emergency requires extraordinary powers; no one disagrees with that. But it is politics, not science, which grants these powers legitimacy. How long will they endure?
London Review of Books
Godfrey Pitje Inaugural Memorial Lecture
General: Godfrey Pitje Inaugural Memorial Lecture
The Godfrey Pitje Inaugural Memorial Lecture, to be hosted by the Black Lawyers Association, will be delivered at Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, on Friday (18:30 for 19:00) by Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke. The lecture will focus on the principles of the late Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje under the title ‘The life of Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje as a professional, activist, educator: Reflections to aspiring lawyers.’ For more information, contact Busani Mabunda, at busani@mabundainc.co.za or 082 964 4490.
