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To what extent are private bodies such as landowners, banks, medical aid schemes and companies bound to respect human rights? This question lies at the heart of the transformation of South African society and underlies many contemporary South African debates related to land reform, the national health insurance scheme, affordable housing for the poor, and fair employment conditions for workers.

Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga of the Constitutional Court will address the theme of The Human Rights Duties of Companies and other Private Actors in South Africa in the 2018 Annual Human Rights Lecture of the Faculty of Law and the Human Rights Chair, Prof Sandra Liebenberg, of the University of Stellenbosch Law Faculty. The lecture marks the University of Stellenbosch centenary along with the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela.

Justice Madlanga is a jurist with a distinguished career as an academic, advocate and judge. He has appeared as an advocate in a number of landmark cases, and has held a range of positions including Chairperson of the Exchange Control Amnesty Unit, Chief Evidence Leader of the Marikana Commission of Enquiry, Deputy Chairperson of the Competition Tribunal, and member of the Judicial Services Commission. Appointed as justice of the South African Constitutional Court in 2013, he has authored a number of significant judgments related to constitutional law and human rights. He holds an honorary doctorate from Walter Sisulu University, and is Editor-in-Chief of the South African Judicial Education Journal.

The lecture takes place on 30 August 2018 at 1815 for 18h30 in the JC De Wet Hall, Old Main Building, Faculty of Law. RSVP on or before 20 August to Ms Yolandi Filander on (021) 808 4853 or yolandi@sun.ac.za.
For media liaison, please contact Prof Sandra Liebenberg at tel 021 808 9076 or e-mail sliebenb@sun.ac.za