WORKERS LIBRARY AND MUSEUM EDUCATION WORKSHOPS

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Aug 08, 2002

Questions relating to the nature of the political and economic context of driving down wages within which the recent Samwu strike occurred and the public and workers perceptions of the strike and its impact will be discussed at a workshop on 10 August in Johannesburg.

SAMWU STRIKE: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT AND PUBLIC AND WORKERS PERCEPTIONS

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Aug 08, 2002

The International Indigenous Peoples' Summit on Sustainable Development will take place at Hoffe Park Conference Centre, 30 Birbeck Rd., Kimberly, South Africa, between 20-23 August, a few days before the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). The main objective of this conference is to bring together indigenous peoples from all parts of the world to share their perspectives on sustainable development and their contributions in achieving this.

AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CAMP 2002

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Aug 08, 2002

The Human Rights Institute of South Africa (Hurisa), in collaboration with the Arab Program for Human Rights Activists (APHRA), is organising the eighth African Human Rights Camp to be held this year in Egypt from Sunday 17 November - Friday 6 December 2002.

south africa: Call for government endorsement of AIDS funding to KwaZulu-Natal

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Aug 01, 2002

The dispute between the South African government and the Global Fund to Fight Aids over funding to KwaZulu-Natal was an “unnecessary controversy” that was damaging South Africa's reputation with the Fund and the international community. More importantly, it was causing a delay in the implementation of programmes to prevent further AIDS deaths and new HIV infections. This is according to a statement signed by a host of organisations and individuals, including the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC...read more

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CONGO: US to support human rights education for indigenous populations

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Aug 01, 2002

A US$24 000 programme to educate indigenous populations in several regions of the Republic of Congo on their basic human rights will begin in August.

MADAGASCAR: Donors pledge US $2 billion in aid

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Aug 01, 2002

In a show of support for the country's new administration, international donors at the weekend pledged US $2.3 billion in aid to Madagascar over four years.

Madagascar

South Africa : Tapping local resources

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Aug 01, 2002

NGOs can be sustained by mobilising funds from their communities, thereby reducing dependence on donor and foundation grants -- if the Ashoka Citizen Base Initiative (CBI) is anything to go by. This strategic shift for organisational sustainability was displayed earlier this week when Ashoka presented five South African organisations with R250 000 in prize money for demonstrating their ability in tapping resources from the communities they serve.

South Africa

MADAGASCAR: Donors pledge US $2 billion in aid

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Aug 01, 2002

In a show of support for the country's new administration, international donors at the weekend pledged US $2.3 billion in aid to Madagascar over four years.

Madagascar

South Africa: Germany gives R125m to SA housing

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Aug 01, 2002

The German government has allocated another R125-million to a South African fund which loans money to poor people living in rural areas to build houses. The Rural Housing Loan Fund (RHLF) has improved the living conditions of 200,000 people by lending money to over 34,000 households.

South Africa

Ghana : Ghana to Get 60 Million Dollars From Spain

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Aug 01, 2002

The government of Spain is to provide Ghana with 60 million dollars for the execution of projects of high priority in the country. Mr. Amponsah-Bediako said the two governments have already signed a framework agreement and the money would be used to undertake a number of projects to improve the welfare of the people.

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