Submissions to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development and the Portfolio Committee on Safety and Security
Introduction
| The Helen Suzman Foundation started
what has become the Quarterly Roundtable Series about a year ago in
December, with our first Roundtable looking at the role and impact of
political culture on democratic institutions. The series has become
quite an institution, and we’re very pleased to present a Roundtable to
you today which is going to look at the refinement, or fundamental
redesign – the future – of South Africa’s provinces. We’d like to
acknowledge the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and their financial
support. Without them this event would not be possible. The series has become quite an institution, and we're very pleased to present a Roundtable to you today which is going to look at the refinement, or fundamental redesign – the future – of South Africa’s provinces. I’d like to hand over now to Mr Eglin, our Chairman, who needs very little introduction. He will briefly be introducing the other speakers, but if I can be so bold, I would like to introduce my former colleague, who will always live in my heart because, in 1999, I was the youngest, and he was the oldest, at that stage, parliamentarian. We shared that honour together and it was a very special engagement, and I very frequently deferred to his experience and opinion in caucus. I still do, on many matters of constitutional law and on contemporary politics. I’d like to hand over to you, Colin, to introduce your fellow panellists and to commence proceedings. Thank you very much. Raenette Taljaard |
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