Abstract
Over 850 people attend events in the library in March!
The month of March was very hectic for the events’ staff in the library. Six events were run in a
period of two weeks, resulting in over 850 guests attending these events. We are very grateful for
the support of volunteers who stayed until late at night to assist with the ushering of guests and
with the clearing up afterwards. All the events were fully attended.
The highlights were the public lecture with Minister Gigaba and the book discussion with Judge
Cameron, which attracted the biggest audiences.
Law students had a bumper month because three of the events involved speakers from the legal
fraternity: Baroness Scotland, Judge Cameron, and David Bilchitz . The student assistants from the
law section of the library also had hands on experience of events in the library when they ushered
guests into the venue during the Judge Cameron book discussion. They did a splendid job indeed
considering that over 200 people attended that discussion.
It is also our pride when we promote books written or edited by our own UJ staff. Prof David
Bilchitz and Prof Ashwin Desai from different departments within UJ, promoted the books they
edited with great success. Photographs taken at these events are available on the library website
as well as video recordings on you-tube.