On October 29th, 2009, the South African - German Centre of Development Research and the University of Malawi held a workshop on the Global Financial Crisis in Zomba, Malawi. The broad interest in this subject was reflected by the number of participants. Over forty participants from governmental and non-governmental organizations discussed the global effects of the economic crisis as well as the effects on the Malawian economy.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu officially opened the South African German Centre for Development Research and Criminal Justice in Cape Town, South Africa on April 2, 2009.