Former public protector Thuli Madonsela has been appointed chair in social justice within the law faculty at Stellenbosch University. Madonsela, whose seven-year, non-renewable term as public protector ended at the weekend, confirmed on Thursday that she had accepted the offer from the university. "I am supremely honoured by the offer of the chair in social justice by Stellenbosch University. I hope to work with my colleagues at the law faculty to play our part in accelerating the pace of achieving the constitutional promise of an inclusive society based in social justice, shared prosperity, friendship and peace," Madonsela said. "I am also looking forward to working with young people at the university and beyond on these matters." Madonsela will take up her new position in 2018, after a sabbatical. Her new role will focus on issues of social justice, including administrative justice. Prof Sonia Human, the dean of the faculty of law, described the decision by Madonsela to join the f...
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