The Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office and the Hanns Seidel Foundation recently hosted a series of webinars asking pertinent questions about the Covid-19 lockdown and the effects of the pandemic, as well as non-Covid matters facing South Africa.

1. Edward Kieswtter – Restoring efficiency & integrity at SARS

 

2. The Social Market Economy: A Model for South Africa?

 

3. Ann Bernstein – Tackling youth unemployment through better skills training

 

4. Bridget Masango – The DA's views on social grants, gender-based violence and social cohesion

 

5. Sello Hatang – The Black Lives Matter movement, racism, and police brutality, in South Africa and abroad

 

6. Trevor Manuel – Is COVID-19 an Opportunity to Rethink the Economy?

 

7. Mamphela Ramphele – South African's response to the Covid-19 crisis

 

8. Lawson Naidoo – Constitutional aspects of lockdown

 

9. Fr Peter-John Pearson – How has Covid-19 affected the rights of asylum seekers, migrants and refugees

 

10. Steven Friedman – Serving or controlling? Administering the lockdown