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Rural businesswoman inspires success in others
March 8, 2008 – “At some time, African women need to write their stories. The first of those stories will be Ma Qwabe’s,” said MC Sibongile Mkhabela at the event to mark International Women’s Day held today at the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria as she introduced businesswoman and community leader Agnes Qwabe.
Women use arts and crafts to make a difference
March 8, 2008 – Women crafters from around the country showcased their work in an arts and crafts fair at a two-day event at the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria in honour of International Women’s Day, hosted by the departments of arts and culture and trade and industry.
Celebrating International Women’s Day
March 8, 2008 – Women from business, NGOs and government met on International Women’s Day under the auspices of the departments of trade and industry and arts and culture, to discuss empowerment of women and ways of fighting against poverty.
The meeting was held at the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria, and was opened last night by South African Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. Guest speakers including government representatives and community leaders addressed an audience of a few hundred women – and a few men – who later broke away into discussion groups, where they were able to make individual inputs.
In Conversation With Njabulo Ndebele
In the first of our “In Conversation With” series to commemorate Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday, Njabulo Ndebele talks with Tara Turkington on issues including leadership, citizenship, the level of public debate, and the role of creativity in post-apartheid South Africa.
Caring Schools Dialogue continued through publication
Feb 28, 2008 – A booklet recording the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Caring Schools dialogue has been published to promote further dialogue.
Children’s needs were at the centre of the dialogue, held in the Free State town of Clarens on November 26, 2007. The Foundation’s Centre of Memory & Dialogue convened the gathering to discuss and debate how schools can become centres of caring for orphans and vulnerable children.
Companies can help beat HIV/AIDS
Dec 18, 2007 – Companies in the private sector can do more to assist in the management of the AIDS epidemic. This was the message Dr Mothomang Diaho, head of the Dialogue Programme at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, conveyed recently at Personal Finance/Discovery Health Focus seminars.