Quote of the week
We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
- Mahatma Gandhi.
Comment of the week
Brilliant new look! We are looking forward to making connections through the Pulse. This platform is very valuable to “US” the NGO community.
- Lerato Legoabe on behalf of ABC Ulwazi.
SN-Announce
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Prodder Directory
Prodder is the most comprehensive directory of NGOs and development organisations in South Africa. To view the directory, click here. Order your copy of Prodder - NGOs and Development in South Africa 2008, here.
SANGOTeCH
SANGOTeCH provides software and hardware to NGOs at discounted fees in conjunction with ICT donor partners. It suppors NGOs to make the most of their ICT purchases and infrastructure. For more information about SANGOTeCH, click here.
BackaBuddy
SANGONeT supports BackaBuddy, an online fundraising website which combines the power of sport and the reach of the Internet in support of NGOs in South Africa. For more information contact David Barnard or Matthew de Gale on +27 11 403-4935 or e-mail: info@sangonet.org.za
NGO Pulse Archives
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Non-Violence, SABC Report, Food Prices
The flurry of responses to the launch of the new NGO Pulse portal last week has affirmed the place that SANGONeT has in the South African civil society sector. Your comments, suggestions and criticisms have given us much food for thought as we continue working on making NGO Pulse a space that you feel is yours. Over the next few weeks you will see how we are responding to suggestions and improving the portal.
In this week’s edition of NGO Pulse Prince Nare, project coordinator at the Open Disclosure Foundation, suggests that the strategies civil society organisations employ as a response to the socio-political and economic challenges facing ordinary South Africans, need re-thinking. He calls for a “return to Satyagraha which means ‘the force that comes from truth, love and non-violence’” and a condemnation of the inequality that is fueling crime and violence in our country. Click here to read the full article.
We focus on the ongoing food pricing crisis that is affecting large parts of the world, and hitting developing countries hardest. The article produced by Oxfam highlights the report ‘Double Edged Prices’ which calls on governments to learn lessons from the crisis including “the importance of investing in agriculture, having trade policies that ensure food security, and designing social protection systems that protect the poorest.” Click here to read the full article.
The release of the SABC Annual report on 10 October comes into the spotlight as Kate Skinner, coordinator of the Save our SABC (SOS) Coalition asks some pointed questions to the public broadcaster. She writes that the silence of the report over key issues raises more questions than answers about the crisis at the SABC. Skinner demands answers to her questions: “What percentage of the budget is spent on programming and what on administration? What progress over time, against specific targets, has been made on the SABC fulfilling its language and local content requirements?” Click here to read the full article.
And on the subject of media, we also publish a blog from one of our readers who has thrown up his hands in despair at uneven quality of journalism and policing in South Africa. While on the surface a lighthearted blog compellingly titled ‘Sex, bombs, toy guns and a married man in a Mercedes’, it raises critical points about stereotypes, perception, and what I regard as growing and worrying conservativism. Click here to read the blog.
Please continue sending us your thoughts on the new NGO Pulse and also comment on the articles and content we publish.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Janine Moolman, editor@sangonet.org.za
New Jobs, Proposals & Events
Employment Opportunities
- The Forced Migration Studies Programme in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Witwatersrand invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of Researcher to be based in Johannesburg. The application deadline is 31 October 2008. For more information, click here.
- EISA invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of Manager: Governance Institutions and Processes to be based in Johannesburg. The application deadline is 31 October 2008. For more information, click here.
- Resources Aimed at the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, a NGO that works to promote the rights and protection of children in South Africa and the region, seeks to appoint an Executive Director to be based in Cape Town. The application deadline is 24 October 2008. For more information, click here.
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Proposals, Grants & Awards
- Gender Links invites the submission of articles for a special series of the Opinion and Commentary Service to commemorate the 16 Days of Activism. The deadline for pitches is 27 October and 11 November 2008 for the submission of story. For more information, click here.
- The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation invites entries for the 2009 Justice Prize. The award includes a gold medal and cash to the value to US$500 000. The submission deadline is 15 December 2008. For more information, click here.
- The International Journal of Transitional Justice is calling for papers for its 2009 special issue “Whose Justice? Global and Local Approaches to Transitional Justice”. The submission deadline is 15 April 2009. For more information, click here.
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New Events
- The faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg is hosting the annual Helen Joseph Memorial Lecture on the topic “Law, Morality and Ethics in Public Life in South Africa” on 28 October 2008 in Johannesburg. For more information, click here.
- The South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law is hosting a one-day conference on “The Responsibilities of Business for the Realisation of Human Rights: Towards Greater Regulation” on 3 November 2008 in Johannesburg. For more information, click here.
- The African Child Policy Forum is launching the “African Report on Child Wellbeing 2008: How Child–friendly are African Governments” on 20 November 2008 at multiple events in Nairobi and Dakar. For more information, click here.
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Training
- The University of Fort Hare’s Institute of Social and Economic Research, a dedicated interdisciplinary research and post-graduate training centre, is now offering a two-year Masters Degree in African Studies. The application deadline is 31 October 2008. For more information, click here.
- Thembani International Guarantee Fund and the Southern New Hampshire University’s School of Community Economic Development will be conducting a one-week Management Development Institute course from 17-21 November 2008 in Johannesburg. For more information, click here.
- The Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape invites applications for its Postgraduate Diploma & MPhil in Land and Agrarian Studies. The application deadline is 31 October 2008. For more information, click here.
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