Interest Rates and You
“Interest rates are prices for loanable funds or prices of funds invested lent out or borrowed for various periods of time” What are interest rates? Very often we hear economists talking aboutRead More…
Laureus Sports Awards recognizes PeacePlayers International
Co-Founders of PeacePlayers International (PPI), Brendan and Sean Tuohey, were presented with the prestigious Laureus Sport for Good Award, which honors individuals who make a contribution to society through sport, at theRead More…
Shaping Progress – International Womens Day 2008
By Satyagraha Reporters This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the march organized by women workers against the gross conditions of work that they faced. Today a hundred years later we lookRead More…
Phoenix Learners Represent S A in World Debates
Satyagraha Reporter In South Africa National Water Week is commemorated during 17-22 March. The theme for National Water Week 2008 is “Water: sustaining lives, enabling growth.” Solvista Secondary School hosted a publicRead More…
Leaders of Different Faiths Decry Death of Archbishop
Leaders of different faiths in Religions for Peace joined together in March to decry the death of Most Rev. Paulos Faraj Rahho, the Chaldean Catholic archbishop. He was kidnapped after he leftRead More…
India: Nurturing the Rural Sanitation Revolution
Almost all the world’s population lacks proper sanitation. Inadequate sanitation is a major contributing factor to the cause of diseases in developing countries such as India. Gandhi once said “Sanitation is moreRead More…
Jaipur Conference explores ideas for resolving conflicts
Global Peace Initiative of Women (GPW) held a conference in Jaipur, India during March 6-10. The four-day conference brought together women from conflict zones around the world and top female spiritual leaders.Read More…
Editorial Comment – March 2008
The month of March has dual importance in that we observe human rights day, and we observe the International women’s day. In a sense the two are interlinked and reinforces the notionRead More…
Learners wow audiences at Gandhi Speech and Essay Contest
Satyagraha Reporters The final round of the annual Mahatma Gandhi Speech and Essay Contest was held on 7 March 2008 at the Durban University of Technology (DUT). The preliminary rounds of theRead More…
Power Cuts or National Emergency?
By Satyagraha Reporters It has been called South Africa's biggest economic crisis yet. Weeks of power cuts have cost the country tens of millions of rands and many South Africans are upRead More…