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  • Shoot to Kill: A Camouflaged Revival of the Death Penalty and Reversal of the Bill of Rights?

    Law enforcement: Shoot to Kill?

    The level of crime in South Africa has evidently sent government into emotional bewilderment. This is more so as a result of the violent crimes whose perpetrators are apparently merciless and recognise no boundary. Everyone, excluding the perpetrators and those with whom they act in cahoots, is under siege. Obviously any responsible government would want to do something to curb or rid its population of such a scourge. Taking the fight to the criminals! The question is how?

    Author(s): 
    Lesirela Letsebe

  • Stats SA Gears for Census 2011

    Statistics South Africa has set in motion the operational plans and processes that will culminate in Census 2011

    Statistics South Africa has set in motion the operational plans and processes that will culminate in Census 2011, a national priority and the third under the democratic administration.

    Statistician-general, Pali Lehohla, says that this is a massive logistical exercise that dwarfs all other nationwide mobilisation.

    Lehohla argues that a census is deemed the largest mobilisation in times of peace, adding that even war is dwarfed by a census.

    Source: 
    <br /> Business Report
    Article link: 
    http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=553&fArticleId=5196766

  • Kollapen Bids Farewell to the SAHRC

    South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) bid farewell to its chairperson, Jody Kollapen

    The mood was upbeat this afternoon as the South African Human Rights Commission (HRC) bid farewell to its chairperson, Jody Kollapen.

    Kollapen, who will be leaving the commission at the end of this month together with four other commissioners because their term of office has expired, reflected on his chairpersonship. He further said for him, the cases of the African National Congress Youth League chairperson, Julius Malema, and of the Congress of the South African Trade Unions’ Zwelinzima Vavi, were challenging.

    Source: 
    <br /> City Press
    Article link: 
    http://www.citypress.co.za/Content/SouthAfrica/News/2168/f88e39fce32149668a0f8ae...

  • Philanthropy, Democracy and Civil society: Tending a Garden Over the Long Term

    Flowers blooming through hardship

    Who would have thought that in April 2009 South Africans would vote in a national election where the winning presidential candidate, Jacob Zuma, would enter his office under a cloud of corruption? Who would have guessed that the democratic government, led by the African National Congress, would reject a visa application from the Dalai Lama, in effect turning its back on the international human rights solidarity that it relied on 20 years earlier to end apartheid?

    Author(s): 
    Christa Kuljian

  • Zuma Wishes Mandela Happy Birthday

    President Zuma wishes former president a happy birthday

    President Jacob Zuma said South Africa was truly blessed to have a compatriot like Nelson Mandela in its midst, as he wished the former president a happy birthday.

    He said former president Mandela deserved to be honoured through the 67 minutes of volunteerism campaign, developed by the foundation that promotes his work, because his entire adult life was spent in service of South Africa and for humanity throughout the world.

    Source: 
    <br /> The Times
    Article link: 
    http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1035654

  • Celebrating Africa Day

    Celebrating Africa Day

    The roots of Africa Day date back to 1963 when the ‘Day of Africa’ was instituted in Ethiopia during the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). Since then, 25 May has acquired international recognition as Africa Day, a day when, regardless of their whereabouts or situations, Africans celebrate the notion of African unity.

    Author(s): 
    Adam Mukendi

  • AU body has vital role to play

    Rebel in northern Central Africa

    It is less onerous to prevent conflicts than to attempt interventions aimed at resolving them once they have erupted.

    This is more so on our continent, where the under-equipped African Union/United Nations hybrid mission in Darfur, Sudan, remains deprived of much-needed logistical support.

    This is also the case in Zimbabwe, where external donors are still reluctant to fully bankroll a fledgling government of national unity, and support the country's uncertain recovery.

    Author(s): 
    Mireille Affa'a Mindzie

  • Strengthening Democratic Governance through the APRM: A Civil Society Dialogue

    EISA, a NGO that promotes credible elections and democratic governance in Africa, is hosting a two day symposium on “Strengthening Democratic Governance through the APRM: A Civil Society Dialogue”, from 21-22 October 2008 in Maputo, Mozambique.

    Event type: 
    Conference
    Event venue: 
    Polana Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique
    Event start date: 
    10/21/2008
    Event end date: 
    10/22/2008

  • Local Governance for Rural Development

    Wageningen International and KIT are conducting an 11-day course on Local Governance for Rural Development from 9-20 February 2009.

    Event type: 
    Training
    Event venue: 
    Wageningen, NL
    Event start date: 
    02/09/2009
    Event end date: 
    02/20/2009