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Role and responsibilities of Local Councils
Last month witnessed the overhauling of local councils through the elections process. Opposition parties mounted a strong campaign against the ruling party and as a result many large councils are now going to struggle with coalitions. Here is an article which explains the way local governments function and what is their role. Clearly if our…
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Certification of the 93 Practitioners Trained by the Five Trainers
The final certification ceremony took place on 30 August 2016 at the Ritson Hall DUT. Speakers at the function included Paddy Kearney (GDT Chair); Kudzai Mqingwana (Sibaya Funding Manager); Geraldine Job (Dept. of Social Development Regional Coordinator); Professor Lortan (DUT, Head Community Engagement). The certification ceremony honoured the 93 practitioners from 5 areas in KwaZulu…
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Izimpande Zobuntu Project Trainers Commended
August marks the close of Phase/Year Three of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Izimpande Zobuntu (Roots of Ubuntu) Values Education Project. In the third phase of the project the training model shifted from ‘train the practitioner’ to ‘train the trainer’. Each of the five trainers trained, in their areas, 20 ECD practitioners, totalling 100 trainees…
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Ashok Ramsarup Gets an Award
The AIDS Society of India, People’s Health Organisation and CNS an Indian News agency in collaboration with the Gandhi Development Trust gave a recognition award to Ashok Ramsarup for his dedicated service to media work incorporating local and overseas news. Present at the ceremony were Dr Ishwar Gilada, who was involved with first HIV diagnosis…
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The Mahatma Gandhi Media Lecture
On the 18 August at 11 a.m. at the Durban University of Technology’s City Campus Room 149 the Mahatma Gandhi Media Lecture will be delivered. The guest speaker this year is a renowned Prof. Aashish Kumar from the Hofstra University USA, where he is teaching undergraduate students in single camera documentary production. He has various…
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Mandela Day Service:
As we have done for the past three years we partnered with a sister organisation –The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes-ACCORD. We identified the historic heritage site The Phoenix Settlement as the site for service. This is the site where in 1904 Mahatma Gandhi established his first Ashram. There are several activities…
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How does one deal with Anger?
His holiness the Dalai Lama said we should always wait a moment before reacting. We just need that moment to cool off to get your thoughts together and the anger dissipates and your actions become carefully considered actions rather than anger driven actions. While we speak of rapid response to issues of crime and violence,…
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August Nine and Women’s Position
As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the famous demonstrations in front of the Union buildings in Pretoria staged by 20,000 women of all races and classes establishing the oneness of South African society, we are once again confronted by the demons of racism, of inequality and of continued strife. Ironically August 9th also marks…
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Attacks on Nice and Munich What Next?
Trying to understand the various attacks that have taken place on innocent people in the past month One cannot help but wonder whether there is some form of mania behind all this. The responses from various leaders, Newt Gingrich of France, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton have been vocal about their intention to hit back albeit…
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Prejudice and Violence
I grew up on a farm. We had no electricity and very little money to be able to buy a fridge so we could not keep vegetables in the house overnight. We used to harvest fresh beans and herbs. Pumpkin was the only vegetable that we could keep for days on end. We had animals. …