Quote of the week

Such traditions that are culturally embedded in the white, male, Afrikaans culture and history, which are the basis of the Nagligte traditions, do not foster inclusion of other groups that must now form the new majority of the SU student body. Wilgenhoffers do not seem to appreciate the negative impact of their culture and rituals on the personal rights of certain individuals. This is because they elevate belonging to the Wilgenhof group above the rights of the individual.

Report of independent panel on abuses in Wilgenhof men's residence, University of Stellenbosch
6 September 2011

Invitation to inaugural Lecture of Pierre de Vos

 

The Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Max Price
has pleasure in inviting you to the Inaugural Lecture of 

Professor Pierre De Vos

Department of Public Law

Faculty of Law

Topic: “The past is unpredictable: race, redress and remembrance in the South African Constitution”

Wednesday, 14 September 2011 at 17h30

Lecture Theatre 1, Kramer Law Building
Middle Campus

University of Cape Town

Admission: Free

Guests to be seated by 17h15

Please RSVP by 7 September 2011 for seating and catering purposes to: Michelle Moses
Tel:  021 650 4870 • Fax: 021 650 5628 • Email: michelle.moses@uct.ac.za
For more information: http://www.uct.ac.za/calendar/events/inaugurals/

Pierre de Vos was appointed as the Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance in the Public Law Department at the Law Faculty of the University of Cape Town in July 2009. His tasks include the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Constitutional Law and engagement in public activities to promote respect for the Constitution of South Africa. He has obtained a BComm (Law); LLB and LLM (cum laude), all from the University of Stellenbosch; a LLM from the University of Columbia, New York; and an LLD from the University of the Western Cape.

He taught at the University of the Western Cape for over 15 years where he was first appointed as a lecturer in 1993 before being promoted to Professor in 2003. He has published widely on an array of topics dealing, broadly, with the use of law in promoting social justice. His research focuses specifically on the realisation of social and economic rights – including the right to housing and health care – and the prohibition on unfair discrimination – especially as it relates to discrimination against gay men, lesbians and people living with HIV/AIDS.

In 2008 he became the first legal academic in South Africa to write a regular Blog, entitled Constitutionally Speaking. Today the Blog is widely read and quoted, as is his commentary provided to electronic and print media in South Africa and abroad.

For the past 5 years he has served as the Chairperson of the Board of the Aids Legal Network, an NGO promoting a human rights approach to HIV/AIDS prevention, combatting discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS, and government policies regarding HIV/AIDS treatment. He is also a Board member of the Triangle Project and the Ubuntu Development Forum.

In 1994 he published a novel – in Afrikaans – entitled “Slegs Blankes/Whites Only”. The novel told the story of a young Afrikaans man coming to terms with the fact that his father was a member of an apartheid hit squad, and with the fact of his own sexuality.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSVP by 7 September 2011 to:

Michelle Moses

University of Cape Town

Communication & Marketing Department

La Grotta, Glendarrach Road

Rondebosch. 7701

Tel:  021 650 4870

Fax: 021 650 5628

Email: michelle.moses@uct.ac.z

 

 

 

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