On 28 February and 1 March 2022, SECTION27, the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC) and Constitution Hill jointly hosted a civic education conference at the historic Constitution Hill Women’s Jail in Johannesburg, to discuss constitutionalism, the rule of law and democracy. The event identified key themes that must be confronted if South Africa’s developmental democracy is to be advanced, while attempting to draw lessons from comparative perspectives to build on, and identify pitfalls to avoid.

The purpose of the conference is to launch a series of seminars and lectures to reignite a grassroots activism and civic education programme, committed to the values of democracy and constitutionalism on which the post-apartheid state was built, but which are currently under threat.

Report by SECTION27