Gandhi Development Trust

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  • The Significance of the Three Doctors Pact

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    On the 9 March 1947 Dr A.B. Xuma , President of the African National Congress, Dr Yusuf Dadoo President of the Transvaal Indian Congress and Dr G.M. Naicker President of the Natal Indian Congress signed a Joint Declaration of Cooperation. Later the Coloured organization the African People’s Organisation joined the Pact. Mandela wrote in his…

  • Special Report on Peace Boat

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    The following link is a special report of the Peace Boat – South Africa Then and Now – The Struggle for Equality, Jan 15, 2017 http://peaceboat.org/english/?page=view&nr=580&type=20&menu=64  

  • Corn Fritters

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    Take 500 gram of sweet corn, a large piece of ginger, 6 green chillies and blend it in an electric blender to a course consistency. The sweet corn should appear to be halved. Add three Tablespoons of cake flour salt to taste and a bunch of coriander finely chopped. Place small chunks of the mixture…

  • Season Greetings GDT and Satyagraha in Pursuit of Truth

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      and wishes all its readers a wonderful end of the year season and a New Year filled with hope and good tidings for all.

  • Tribute to a recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Satyagraha Award- Riot Mkhwanazi

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    Riot Makhomanisi Mkhwanazi, who last year received the Gandhi Development Trust’s Satyagraha Award passed away on 4 December 2016. He was born in Msasandla, KwaDlangezwa in Northern Natal on 16 December 1933. A true son of Africa, he dedicated his life to the struggle for the liberation of South Africa. He joined the defiance campaign…

  • SA Constitution- 20 years

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    We reproduce extracts from the Constitution and ask the following questions 1. As South Africans are we proud of our constitution? 2. To what extent do we understand and know the constitution? 3. What clauses are we most proud of? $. What sections would we like to amend if any and why? The Constitution of…

  • Training Programme

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    The values training – guided by the manual – trains practitioners in 15 sessions (1 module per 6 hour session) to understand and absorb a core set of universal values and also to acquire the necessary skills to teach these values to the children in their care. In the case of this project, it was…

  • Early Childhood Development Values Education Project: Izimpande Zobuntu-The Roots of Ubuntu

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    GDT’s Early Childhood Development project is growing by leaps and bounds. We were recently asked to assist with the new Waterloo, a township within eThekwini municipality in the North, Project which is an intervention programme in 14 preschools/sites in the area. This new project is also funded by the Sibaya Trust and implemented by the…

  • Sustainable economies

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    As we move towards a greater understanding of indigenous knowledge systems we realise the importance of true history. “History is something we all do, …we do not always realise it. We want to make sense of our own lives and often wonder about our place in our own societies…… So we tell ourselves stories…… Without…

  • Support For DUT Debating Tournament

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    GDT sponsored a Debating Tournament which was hosted by the DUT Debating Union between 2 and 4 December 2016. More than 50 contestants, drawn from Debating Unions from several South African universities, took part in this tournament. Hillary Musarurwa attended some of the sessions and witnessed young minds engage in robust debate on pertinent global…