Naidoo Calls for Return to Struggle Basics
Former communications minister, Jay Naidoo, says major weaknesses exist in South Africa's civil society movements and its citizenry as a result of decisions taken by government in 1994 when it demobilised NGOs and civil society, making people ‘passive bystanders in their own lives’.
Naidoo, who currently chairs the Development Bank of South Africa, states that now a new challenge exists: to deepen organisation to give communities the power to negotiate improvements in their lives.
Speaking at the Inyathelo – The South African Institute for Advancement’s three-day conference in Cape Town, Naidoo says that in 1994 a culture was initiated that argued that government will deliver jobs, houses, education, health and basic service to the people. He maintains that NGOs and civil society was effectively disbanded.
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Naidoo, who currently chairs the Development Bank of South Africa, states that now a new challenge exists: to deepen organisation to give communities the power to negotiate improvements in their lives.
Speaking at the Inyathelo – The South African Institute for Advancement’s three-day conference in Cape Town, Naidoo says that in 1994 a culture was initiated that argued that government will deliver jobs, houses, education, health and basic service to the people. He maintains that NGOs and civil society was effectively disbanded.
To read the article titled, “Jay Naidoo calls for return to ‘struggle basics’,” click here.
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