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Stellenbosch students Mudzuli Rakhivane and Avuyile Gasela were part of the team that won the 25^th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, held at the Constitutional Court of South Africa on Saturday 8 October 2016.

Appearing for the Applicant team were Stellenbosch University and Institute Universitaire d'Abijan, Côte d'Ivoire and arguing for the Respondent team were Makere University, Uganda and the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique.

The closing ceremony was moderated by Professor Fran Viljoen, the Director of the Centre for Human Rights (CHR). Professor Johann van der Westhuizen, founding Director of the CHR and retired Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, gave a brief overview of the early days of the Centre and how the African Moot Court came into being.

"In his highly enjoyable and motivational speech, Prof van der Westhuizen emphasized the need to possess the following qualities to become a good lawyer and an active role-player in society: intelligence, hard-working, integrity, independence, good values, Ubuntu, sense of humour, love for one's country and continent, empowering others through your privilege and the ability to dream," according to the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.

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