August 02

  • South Africa: Clear Call for Women's Day 2013 [document]

    Women's Day celebrations will remain a critical and a significant event in the history of South Africa as it is reseved for the commemoration of the struggles of women for a... Read more »



August 01

  • South Africa: Champion of Democracy [document]

    The list of words to describe Nelson Mandela is endless and each word in that endless list describes more deeply his uniqueness. That was how the Chairperson of the National... Read more »

  • South Africa: Parties Raise Voices Against High Cell Costs [document]

    The need to reduce the high cost to communicate in South Africa has received support from the youth wings of political parties across the board. ANC Youth League, IFP Youth Brigade... Read more »

  • South Africa: Cutting Down On Prison Escapes [document]

    Following its visit to the Harrismith Correctional Centre, the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services has applauded the Department of Correctional Services in the Free State... Read more »

  • South Africa: Sustainable Toilets for Shack Dwellers [document]

    Toilets, or the lack of them, have been much in the spotlight in recent months in the Western Cape. Now an initiative piloted by the University of Stellenbosch's Sustainability... Read more »



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July 24

  • South Africa: New Chairpersons Elected [document]

    The Portfolio Committees on Rural Development and Land Reform and on Police have elected new Chairpersons to fill vacant positions. The Committee on Rural Development and Land... Read more »

  • South Africa: Public Protector Set to Answer Committee [document]

    The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development has drawn up of list of areas it wants the Public Protector, Adv Thuli Madonsela, to expand on at a meeting next... Read more »

  • South Africa: Using ACM to Get Rid of Mud Schools? [document]

    To use or not to use the Alternative Construction Methods (ACM) to eradicate mud schools? That is the question tackled during a meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works... Read more »



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July 12

  • South Africa: Madiba's Fighting Spirit Lives On [document]

    The cooperation between the church and community organisations, which shook and eventually defeated apartheid, and that continues to this day will keep the spirit of the father of... Read more »

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