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Aon Benfield Natural Hazard Centre
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Welcome to the Aon Benfield Natural Hazard Centre, Africa

Established in July 2008, the Aon Benfield Natural Hazard Centre, Africa is a collaboration between Aon Benfield, the premier reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, and the University of Pretoria, one of the leading research universities in South Africa and one of the largest in the country.

 


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The Aon Benfield Natural Hazard Centre hosted the ENHANs International Workshop on Extreme Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk in Africa during 17 to 20 January 2011 in Pretoria, South Africa. More information on the invited speakers and their respective presentations are available on the website.

 

News

Open Day 2013: School learners encouraged to choose University of Pretoria - 20/05/2013
‘Making a choice to enrol at a university, and deciding which university to attend are the most important decisions any young person can make in their lifetime. Therefore, make a good decision: choose the University of Pretoria.’
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TuksGolf Training Centre officially opened at the University of Pretoria - 17/05/2013
The University of Pretoria prides itself on its publicly recognised achievements pertaining to its various sporting fraternities. These achievements can be attributed to the University’s sporting facilities, which are of the highest quality among South African universities. To add to its quality achievements, the University of Pretoria, through TuksSport and the High Performance Centre (hpc), has now officially opened a golf training centre.
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South African law professor to report to the United Nations on Lethal Robots - 16/05/2013
South African human rights law professor, Christof Heyns, will submit a widely anticipated report on Lethal Autonomous Robots (LARs) to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on 29 May 2013. Prof Heyns, from the University of Pretoria (UP), was appointed as UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions in 2010. During last year, he conducted worldwide research on the question whether states should be allowed to use LARs - weapons that, once deployed, can use lethal force without further human intervention - during war, or peace.
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A continental Leadership Transformation Programme established - 15/05/2013
The African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL) recently co-hosted a roundtable aimed at establishing a continental leadership transformation programme.
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Local politicians, international experts and prominent thought-leaders to rethink governance processes - 15/05/2013
Clr Kgosientso Ramokgopa, Executive Mayor of Tshwane, international academics and activists such as Susan George as well as prominent local voices like Prince Mashele, Mzuqisi Qobo and Andries Bezuidenhout are to take part in a week-long think tank on governance at the University of Pretoria (UP).
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Centre for Human Rights course targets African judges as Optional Protocol comes into force - 14/05/2013
Judges from five African countries (Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda) joined participants from 20 other African countries for a course on socio-economic rights, presented by the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria from 6 to 10 May 2013.
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Empathic Communication and Dementia: Internationally Recognised Memory Bridge Programme comes to South Africa - 14/05/2013
Memory Bridge, an innovative intergenerational programme that diminishes the social and emotional isolation of older persons with dementia, will be implemented in Pretoria from 13 to 28 May.
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