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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.

Let African fashion knock your socks off at the first-ever Bantu Renaissance festival – and the launch of Afrocentric sock designs – to be staged at Constitution Hill, on 15 September 2017.

The Constitutional Court has ruled that property owners can no longer be held liable for historical municipal debt on their property. This puts to bed, once and for all, the confusion regarding the issue.

Zimbabwe-born artist Kudzanai Chiurai’s dual location exhibition, We Live in Silence, tackles difficult subjects such as colonialism and misogyny. The exhibition is to be staged at the Old Fort parade ground at Constitution Hill (opening 6pm on 9 September 2017) and at the Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (31 August to 14 October).