Category: January 2008

By the Yunus Mahomed Memorial Committee Respected anti-apartheid cadre, development activist and business leader, Yunus Mahomed, who played a pivotal role in the political and civic struggles of the seventies and eighties, passed away suddenly on 6 January at his Durban home. Underplaying his own discomfort so as not to upset the birthday celebrations of…

By Nereshnee Govender The first ever International Day of Non Violence was celebrated in Durban at the Gujarati Hindu Sanskruti Kendra. The world’s community celebrated the event on October 2nd 2007. In commemorating the occasion the Consulate General of India and the Gandhi Development Trust (GDT) hosted a panel discussion and the screening of the…

India celebrates its 59th Republic Day on the 26th January. We reproduce an article by Sandeep Pandey (The Indian Express) 2 August 2007. Pandey is a Lucknow-based social activist and a Magsaysay awardee. The Right to Information (RTI) and the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) Acts are considered to be two of the most progressive…

Satyagraha Reporter Former Anti-Apartheid activist Hanif Bhamjee returned to Kwa Zulu Natal in January this year to present cheques to three community organizations in the region. Bhamjee, secretary of Action for Southern Africa – Wales (ACTSA) helped raise approximately R60 000 for the J.L Dube High School, Zisize (Ingwavuma) Educational Trust and the Treatment Action…

The Consulate General of India is pleased to offer the following scholarships to meritorious South African nationals to pursue undergraduate and post graduate courses (other than Engineering and Medicine) in Indian Universities from the academic year 2008 – 2009. These scholarships are sponsored by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations in New Delhi. The scholarships…

Extracts from an article by Carol S. Dweck – Scientific American- posted in UP news “More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort – not on intelligence or ability is key to success in school and in life”  Never tell your child that s/he is brilliant It has been found that…

By Candice Rungen There once lived a greedy old giant. His name was Daniel O’ Great 1V. Well he lived in the town of Hammock. The only thing on his mind was his “FOOD”. A greedy old giant indeed he was. How he loved Chicken. It was his passion to eat it. It was New…

By Indhrannie Pillay The Tholisu Secondary School in Mistake Farm, Umzinto on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast brings in the new school year with much needed change and improvement to their learning environment.  The school has been in existence since 1999 and accommodates approximately 250 students from grade 8 up to grade 11 in only…

Sri Lanka: The Other Dimension Much has been said about the continuing violent conflict in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government’s withdrawal from the ceasefire agreement, plunging the country into grievous crisis and exposing the civilian population, particularly in the north-east, into further misery, has given rise to many civil society organizations raising their voices. …

Satyagraha reporters It’s the start of the New Year and South Africans need to brace themselves for further interest rate, food and petrol price hikes. Approximately 43% of South Africans live below the breadline and barely afford the basic necessities for survival. The expected food and fuel price hikes could spell disaster for the average…