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Human Rights Week webinar: Africa, human rights, and transformation

15 March 2021

What do Africa, human rights, and transformation have to do with one another? Are human rights instruments for transformation in Africa, neo-colonial impositions, or the last refuge of the privileged? Is transformation a desirable goal for Africa, or a red herring to make us forget about the real work of decolonisation?

The Department of Public Law and the Free State Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State invite you to a webinar on ‘Africa / Human rights / Transformation’ – a conversation with Johan Froneman, Dhaya Pillay, and Toyin Falola as part of Human Rights Week 2021.

The panel will discuss these and related issues from their perspectives as judges, academics, and politically aware Africans of different hues and origins. Prof Karin van Marle will be the moderator.

Date: 16 March 2021

Time: 15:00-16:30

Virtual event, details, and link to be provided upon RSVP to FSCHR@ufs.ac.za

Information on the speakers

Prof Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas, Austin, and an extraordinary professor in the Free State Centre for Human Rights, University of the Free State.

Judge Dhaya Pillay is a judge of the High Court of South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Commissioner on the Independent Electoral Commission, and extraordinary professor in the Free State Centre for Human Rights, University of the Free State.

Judge Johan Froneman is a retired judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, and extraordinary professor in the Department of Public Law at the University of the Free State.

Prof Karin van Marle is professor of Jurisprudence at the University of the Free State.

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Charity indeed begins at home

2016-02-19

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The winning duo: Stefan Lotter and Marzel van Zyl after being crowned Mr RAG and RAG Queen at the Brutal Fruit Coronation Ball. Photo: Sarel Greyling

Stefan Lotter and Marzel van Zyl were crowned Mr RAG and RAG Queen at the prestigious Brutal Fruit RAG Coronation Ball on 12 February 2016. For the last 10 months, these University of the Free State (UFS) students have been collecting funds for community projects in the Free State.

Capitalise on existing platforms

Although they are patrons of charitable organisations external to the university, Stefan and Marzel revised their strategy to prioritise the UFS. “Some students on campus struggle, and, because charity begins at home, we will try to help the No Student Hungry and Right to Learn campaigns,” said Stefan.

However, he will continue to support the Northern Free State Caregivers, a 24-hour nursing service for terminally ill patients, for which he collected R15 000. For her part, Marzel was able to collect more than R20 000 for the Free State Residential Care Centre, which houses mentally challenged adults, and also hosts a skills development programme. The Centre’s baking workshop had to discontinue due to a lack of funding, but Marzel hopes that her contributions will bring about its revival and sustenance.

Bringing home the money

The winning duo are expected to represent our university at Mr & Miss SA Campus South Africa 2016. According to Stefan, they plan “to push the RAG agenda there and bring money back home,” at this charity-based pageant.

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