Food system transformation is essential to attain the Sustainable Development Goals

Posted on February 19, 2018

In partnership with other leading organisations, the Quadram Institute recently organised a workshop to help researchers from across Africa exploit food composition data, improve local nutrition policies and public health advice.

The relevance of Human Rights as an instrument for social transformation

Posted on February 16, 2018

The Centre for Human Rights hosted renowned legal scholar Professor Makau Mutua. In his thought-provoking public lecture, he raised the question of whether the age of human rights has passed and if the concept of human rights is about to be forgotten. He proposed that society, and lawyers in...

Supporting local entrepreneurship in the creative arts industry

Posted on February 15, 2018

In a country like South Africa where there are limited creative industry resources and where the creative industry is still in an early growth phase, it has become critical to equip different creative entrepreneurs with much needed tools to develop and sustain their industries, as well as their...