media releases - Dullah Omar lecture

On 17 November 2009 Ms. Ferial Hafajee, editor of the City Press, delivered the 4^th Annual Safety, Peace, and Human Rights  Lecture in honour of the late Abdullah Omar, democratic South Africa’s first black Minister of Justice.

The annual lecture, initiated in 2006 by UNISA’s Institute for Social and Health Sciences, is aimed at mobilizing the legacy of Dullah Omar towards supporting a culture of human rights and democracy. In her address, Ms. Haffajee noted that South Africa is among the most unequal societies in the world. Despite South Africa’s democratic and development ideals, the gap between the rich and poor has widened.

Click here to read the speech for possible use in the media.

For further information please contact Prof Mohamed Seedat at 011 857 1142 or seedama@unisa.ac.za.