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Tasneem Essop
21 May 2020
Tasneem Essop is currently the Executive Director of Climate Action Network International (CAN-I). She is also serving her second term as Commissioner in the National Planning Commission in South Africa, appointed by the President, and leads the work on Climate Change and the Just Transition.
She previously headed the climate team in WWF International and served as the Head of Delegation for the organisation at the UNFCCC. She became a Member of the Provincial Parliament in the Western Cape in 1994 and held the positions of Provincial Minister of Transport, Public Works and Property Management from 2001 to 2004 and Provincial Minister for the Environment, Planning and Economic Development from 2004 to 2008 when she resigned from politics. Tasneem was an anti-apartheid activist from an early age in different capacities until the democratic elections in 1994. During this time, she was a student and youth activist, a teacher and a trade unionist.
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Africa Month at UCT
During the month of May we commemorate the establishment, in 1963, of the Organisation of African Unity – a precursor to the African Union – which made Africa a pioneer in continental unity and nation building. As a celebration of this moment, UCT will be participating in a series of virtual symposiums on “Africa’s innovations in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic” to discuss pertinent governance and developmental issues in Africa, towards the formulation of policy recommendations. The university also curated responses from across the university community about what it is that makes us African, and how this informs what we do.
Africa Day, 25 May 2020
UCT Africa Month Virtual Symposium Series
Day 1: Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Opening remarks and Session 1: Knowledge systems and knowledge production on the continent
Session 2: Why has Africa been less impacted? Best practice examples in Africa
Day 2: Thursday, 28 May 2020
Session 3: Unpacking the climate change and development nexus in Africa: Moving beyond obligations to opportunities
Day 3: Friday, 29 May 2020
VC’s Introduction and Session 4: Pan-African reflections on leadership and good governance during COVID-19: Good practice, challenges and opportunities
Session 5: COVID-19 philanthropy on the continent and Closing: Key insights and practical implications
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UCT wishes to acknowledge the generous event sponsorship received from Standard Bank for the UCT Africa Month Virtual Symposium Series.
- Knowledge systems and knowledge production on the Continent
- Why has Africa been less impacted by COVID 19?
- Unpacking the climate change and development nexus in Africa: Moving beyond obligations to opportunities
- Pan African reflections on leadership and good governance during COVID 19: good practice, challenges and opportunities
- COVID 19 philanthropy in Africa
