UB Law Graduate Attains KAS Scholarship
Innocent Selatlhwa | Tuesday December 21, 2021 06:00
Latlhang has been sponsored to read for a Master of Law degree at the North-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa. He has recently graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from the UB attaining a 2:1 grade. He is currently a candidate attorney with Jonas Attorneys.
The bursary covers full tuition fees, living costs of an amount of R132,000, a monthly stipend, travel costs to South Africa and medical insurance.
He will join other scholars to research at NWU’s South African Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability (CLES).
CLES objectives include developing a new theoretical framework for the future description, analysis and development of urban law and governance in South Africa with a focus on environmental sustainability, researching and analysing the legal foundations of urban development and the legally justifiable expectation that governments (including the South African government) should create communities that are safe, sustainable, resilient and inclusive.
KAS is a German political foundation named after the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. KAS operates worldwide intending to promote democracy through political education and training.
KAS awards scholarships to students and graduates of exceptional academic achievement and outstanding political or social commitment.
The scholarship programme looks for talented, politically interested and socially active students, receptive towards Christian Democratic values. To identify talented people to sponsor, and to prepare them for assuming responsibility in politics and business, in science and the media, in culture and civil organisations, these are the goals of the KAS scholarship programme.