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Daily, we at Refugee Social Services in Durban come face-to-face with the particular challenges and dangers inherent in a refugee’s journey to the country of refuge (in this case South Africa).

Solange Knowles’s latest album gives voice to Black frustration, pain and aspirations.  A Seat at the Table symbolises what every activist yearns for – to be heard, to be seen and to participate in every sphere of society as a right-carrying citizen. It is therefore fitting that Knowles – known to her fans as Solange – is bringing her transformative music and energy to Constitution Hill, a true example of a decolonised space and where art, justice and activism intersect. Her music and Constitution Hill will make for a magical combination. 

Solange will be performing at the Afropunk festival at Constitution Hill on 30 and 31 December 2017.

Constitution Hill has won a 2017 South African Museums Association Speaker and Publications award for its website.

In honour of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s role as one of the architects of our constitutional democracy, a 9m-high monument called the Arch for Arch – made up of 14 strands representing each chapter of the Constitution and each line of the Constitution’s Preamble – was unveiled in Cape Town on Tutu’s 86^th birthday, on 7 October 2017.

On Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s 86^th birthday – 7 October – a slim-limbed wooden arch commemorating South Africa’s Constitution will be officially unveiled in his honour in Cape Town.

The finals of this year’s Constitution Hill Debating League competition should be a close-run thing, says organiser Lerato Sefume.

The competition was established to champion constitutional education, by exposing learners to the Constitution of South Africa and the crucial role of the Constitutional Court. The league also develops school learners and equips them with research and public-speaking skills.