The Irish Government has injected R2-million into the preparation and running of the World Summit on Sustainable Development to be staged in Johannesburg from August 24 to September 04.
In a ground-breaking move, the man accused of Marike de Klerk's murder and rape is to get R30 000 from the Foundation for Human Rights, funded by the European Union, so he can afford his own DNA expert.
"An important new study into South Africa's non-profit sector investment in the development activities of non-profit organizations is considerable-3, 5 billion annually."
"The non-profit sector is a major economic force in South Africa. It employs more people than the mining sector or the government - and its size and significance are far greater that previously thought."
"The Starfish Charitable Foundation was founded by a group of young South Africans in London, England, in June last year. Starfish aims to raise money for children orphaned or made vulnerable by Aids; to date close on R2 million has been collected through various fundraising events."
Perform the duties of CEO of a small, relatively new NGO. Managing a coexistence center that has been established in Uganda and develop a network of similar centers in Africa and elsewhere. Responsible for all fiscal and administrative management of the organization.
A wave of baby murders are commanding front-page news in the small conservative kingdom of Swaziland. But while editorial writers are denouncing "mother murderers", women's rights groups argue the rising number of abandoned babies are a symptom of gender inequality in this traditional society.
Street children and child sex workers in Zambia's capital Lusaka will soon become familiar with a kerb crawler of a different kind - a mobile clinic equipped especially to treat children for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
In the slums of Botswana's capital Gaborone, high unemployment mixed with alcohol and drug abuse help drive unsafe sex, reflected in shocking rates of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among the most vulnerable, adolescent girls.
A key challenge for this position in the next few years will be to ensure the sustainability of our current work through capacity building of local NGOs and associations, through ongoing development of policy level partnerships and ensuring that lessons learned within Rwanda are shared with other SC UK programmes.
