SOUTH AFRICA: SEMINAR BY THE CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENCE AND RECONCILIATION

Contributor
Sep 27, 2001

Working for change in prison and with prisoners - What can be done? Is it worth the effort? Speakers: Chris Giffard, who will be talking about the conflict resolution work in Pollsmoor prison, Lindi Mkhondo, from the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Mariska van Zyl, who will talk about NICRO's Tough Enough programme in seven prisons in Gauteng.

South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA: IT PILOT PROJECT LAUNCHED AT DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS

Contributor
Sep 27, 2001

A four-year project between the Finnish and South African governments aims to provide information and communication technologies to 20 pilot schools in Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape.

South Africa

Education Now

Contributor
Sep 27, 2001

As the world celebrated the International Literacy Day on September 8, there is reason for both cheer and despair. Many more children are in schools worldwide as enrolments have risen. Adult literacy has also registered a modest increase. And yet, millions of people are still deprived of this basic human right. Oxfam Great Britain provides an insight into some of the challenges.

A school without walls

Contributor
Sep 27, 2001

The Kikuyu Farmers Field School in Kenya is a school with a difference. And that is not only because it is without walls. More importantly, it enables it students, in this case, farmers, to look at farming as a business where they can produce for their consumption and surplus for income-generation.

Zambia: Political Parties Call for Code of Ethics

Contributor
Sep 27, 2001

Political parties have called for the introduction of an integrity code of ethics and conduct for political parties and their leaders and candidates to promote clean politics.

Zambia

NEXT: A WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST FINANCIAL RACISM

Trevor Ngwane
Sep 27, 2001

What did we learn from the World Conference Against Racism in Durban? And how do we prepare for the upcoming annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) later this month in Washington--assuming that in the wake of the tragic terrorist attack that this still goes ahead as scheduled?

BOTSWANA: NGOS TO BENEFIT FROM USAID GRANT

Contributor
Sep 27, 2001

Of a 12-million pula regional integration grant signed by USAID in the Botswana's capital Gaborone last week, 6-million pula will help strengthen regional economies through non-governmental organisations.

Botswana

NAMIBIA: TEACHERS THREATENED WITH DISMISSAL

Contributor
Sep 27, 2001

Hundreds of teachers face being kicked out of the civil service if they refuse to be redeployed to formerly disadvantaged schools as the Namibian government moves to bridge the teacher-pupil ratio.

Namibia

Let's make it 'our world'

Contributor
Sep 27, 2001

Education will be the key in promoting sustainable development. Jon Snow launches a competition in which a teacher and pupils could be heading to next year's World Summit in South Africa.

UNICEF Returns Former Child Soldiers Home

Contributor
Sep 27, 2001

Almost 3,500 children who as recently as five months ago were acting as soldiers in Sudan's civil war have returned to their communities and families in southern Sudan with high hopes for a fresh start in life. The move home - completed over the last few days - marked the end of a five-month transition period in which the children were cared for by UNICEF and a coalition of aid groups.

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