The 5th International Social Justice Conference and 6th Annual Social Justice Summit
16 – 18 October 2024
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A globally respected social justice research and training hub
Prof. Thuli Madonsela
Director of the Centre for Social Justice, Stellenbosch University
Professor Thuli (Thulisile) Madonsela is a professor of law occupying the Law Trust Research Chair in Social Justice at Stellenbosch University. She is also a member of the African Academy of Sciences and founder of the Thuma Foundation for Democracy Leadership and Literacy a Member of the African Academy of Sciences, a 2017 Harvard Advanced Leadership Fellow, and a One Young World Counsellor. The former Public Protector of South Africa and full-time Law Commissioner, Professor Madonsela was one of the drafters of the South African Constitution and a co-architect and drafter of several constitutionally mandated laws, including the Equality Act, Employment Equity Act and Promotion of Administrative Justice Act.
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The Centre for Social Justice is anchored in the triple objectives of responsive research, teaching and social impact. The Social Justice M-Plan is the flagship programme of Law Trust the Chair in Social Justice.
The Musa Plan for Social Justice (M-Plan)
A social justice accelerator programme. Its theory of change is that poverty and inequality are systems problems and require a systems approach to change.
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A campaign to address the plight of historic debt owed to universities by students from poor and working-class families.
Explore →Social Justice and COVID-19 Policy and Relief Monitoring Alliance (SCOPRA)
A project to regularly track all COVID-19 policies and relief measures to assess and ensure compliance with the equality duty and related social justice commitments, other human rights obligations and democratic governance dictates.
Explore →Social Justice Café
The aim of the cafés is to engage with young people on social justice issues and human rights-inspired democracy and action for inclusion.
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