Topic: South Africa's New Political Landscape - Risks and Opportunities

Lawson Naidoo is Executive Secretary of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC), an organisation committed to the principles of progressive constitutionalism, democracy and the rule of law.

He has worked as a strategic political consultant focusing on the spheres of anti-corruption and good governance. He is a regular media commentator on constitutional and legal issues.

In addition, Lawson was appointed Chairperson of the Board of Cricket South Africa in 2021. He also serves as a Director of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the global governing body for cricket. In his talk, Lawson will also include a bit on the inside story of Cricket SA.

He previously served as Secretary of the Presidential Enquiry into fitness of the National Director of Public Prosecutions to hold office (the Ginwala Enquiry) and held the position of Special Advisor to Speaker of the National Assembly in the first cabinet.

He spent many years in political exile in the UK, and worked at the ANC Mission in London, serving, inter alia, as a Spokesman for the ANC. He holds an LL.B from the University of Southampton and an LL.M from the University of Cambridge, and was admitted as a barrister at the Inner Temple.

Lawson is a Founding Partner at The Paternoster Group – African Political Insight, a consultancy focusing on political economy issues in South Africa; is a trustee of the Momentum Medical Scheme, Chairman of its Governance & Remuneration Committee and a former trustee of the Canon Collins Educational & Legal Assistance Trust.

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