THIS WEEK

 

29: Voices of Change Gala. Shared Interest, a leading non-profit guarantee fund, will assist black women entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises in Southern Africa with access to the financing, markets and skills they need to build wealth (New York).

  

29: International Conference on Veterinary and Clinical Pathology (Cairo)

 

30: The Constitutional Court has given MK Party leader Jacob Zuma until today to file answering papers to oppose the Electoral Commission of SA's (IEC) appeal against an Electoral Court decision relating to his participation in the elections. This after Zuma's legal team asked the court for more time on Wednesday. The IEC initially upheld an objection to Zuma's candidacy, due to his criminal record for contempt of court. Zuma challenged the decision – and the Electoral Court ruled in his favour. However, the court did not provide reasons for its order. 

 

30:  Bail application for eight Nigerian men who allegedly attacked a police station and fought with police officers last week. They are facing charges of malicious damage to property, assault and public violence (Kimberley).

 

2: UN World Tuna Day

  

2:  A well-known South African actor will appear in court to face child sex crime charges. The arrest is part of a collaboration by the SA Police Services (SAPS) and the US Homeland Department. The SAPS confirmed 27 people had been identified in SA in a joint SAPS and US homeland investigation and were being arrested separately (Durban).

 

3: UN World Press Freedom Day

 

3: World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology (Harare)
 

 

3-4: Cape Town International Jazz Festival

  

5: Unesco World Portuguese Language Day

 

OTHER

  

* Applications are open for the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders in June. The flagship programme of the Young African Leaders Initiative empowers young African leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, mentoring, networking, professional opportunities, and local community engagement. The fellowship, which is in its 10th year, brings 25 to 35-year-old innovators and leaders from sub-saharan Africa to the US for training. The six-week programme will give participants the opportunity to interact with US leaders in business, government and non-profit organisations, and network with other young leaders from sub-saharan Africa and the US.

 

* The Government of Burundi and the UN have launched an appeal for financial aid to cope with the ‘devastating effects’ of months of relentless rainfall that has displaced nearly 100 000 people. East Africa has been experiencing torrential rains in recent weeks that have cost the lives of at least 58 people in Tanzania in the first half of April, and 13 people in Kenya.

 

* Scholarship opportunities have become available for young lawyers to attend the International Bar Association (IBA) 2024 Annual Conference, taking place in Mexico City from 15-20 September. The scholarships include waived registration for the IBA Annual Conference; accommodation while attending the conference; contribution towards travel costs to attend the conference; and two years' free membership of the IBA. The scholarships are available to anyone up to and including the age of 35 at the time of the conference who is: a fully qualified lawyer; licensed/registered to practice as a lawyer with the relevant professional regulatory body; or undertaking the qualification process. Applications must be by 30 April.