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This issue of the TGCL Bulletin 2020 brings to you a narrative of radical changes
evolving with the TGCL. The Centre has with deepest gratitude bade farewell
to Prof. Dr Ulrike Wanitzek who has led the TGCL project through a
successful decade. Prof. Wanitzek has retired from service in good health
and spirit handling over her role in the project to Prof. Dr Thoko Kaime
who is establishing a new Chair of African Legal Studies.
Facing more adjustments, the TGCL staff and students, just like anyone
else have encountered and are tackling with courage the repercussions
of COVID-19 pandemic. This includes official travel restrictions, working
from home and maximising the online platforms for academic and administrative
exchanges. The adoption of the “new normal” has maintained
the day-to-day operations of this transitioning period of the TGCL with
great optimism that, this dire global health concern will be sustainably
resolved sooner than later.
Above all, the great cooperation and support the TGCL has benevolently
received from partners, stakeholders and the TGCL alumni network
throughout the years gives a meaning and adds value to the objectives
and prospects of the Centre. It is our honest conviction that, this shall
continue in the same spirit past the transitional phase.
As our 2020 bulletin marks the shift of the TGCL bulletins’ format from
the printed to digital format, we look forward to our readers’ enjoyment of
this rather upgraded presentation that takes you through the highlights of
the lively transitioning TGCL! We hope that you will enjoy this product of
our joint efforts in cooperation with our colleagues on the Editorial Board
and our esteemed authors.

Cecilia Ngaiza (TGCL Alumna) Dr Carolin Herzog (TGCL Manager) Philipp Bogensperger (TGCL Student Assistant)