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On 6 February 2019, Dr. Aninka Claassens, Chief Researcher at LARC, took part in a panel discussion, jointly hosted by Norton Rose and the High Commission of Canada in Cape Town.
Dr. Aninka Claassens was recently invited to form part of a panel discussion hosted by Peter Leon (Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills) and Simiso Velempini (Director, K2 Intelligence) as part of their annual thought leadership event in Cape Town on the 5th of February 2019.
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In 2015, an ambitious albeit very important parliamentary process was initiated by the legislature’s Speakers’ Forum: to assess how effective post-1994 legislation has been in contributing to the transformation agenda of the developmental state, and the possible unintended consequences of these laws. This undertaking was led by a high-level panel (HLP) of eminent South Africans, headed by former President Kgalema Motlanthe. The panel produced a lengthy 601-page report that has been in the headlines sporadically since its release in November 2017.