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‘It’s in our hands’ - Middelburg youth highlight HIV/AIDS issues
Dec 1, 2007 – It’s 1pm and about 30°C in Mhluzi, a township just outside the coal-mining town of Middelburg in Mpumalanga, South Africa. People melt into St Peter’s Lutheran Church, ushered in by the loudhailers of the local police announcing an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in the area as well as by promotional inserts on the local radio station, Greater Middelburg FM (GMFM). The Middelburg event is the third event in a series of community dialogues funded by the Nelson Mandela Foundation leading up to the 46664 concert on December 1, World AIDS Day.
Children at the centre
Nov 28, 2007 – The needs of children were firmly at the centre of discussions at a dialogue convened by the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) in Clarens, Free State, on Monday.
Representatives of government, civil society, schools and communities talked about how schools could care for children made vulnerable by poverty, HIV/AIDS and other causes.
Lessons from caring schools
Nov 21, 2007 – On November 26, 2007, the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) will convene a multi-stakeholder dialogue in Clarens, Free State. This will bring together representatives from government, civil society, schools and the community to share lessons on implementing a caring school model for orphans and vulnerable children.
Kofi Annan focuses on developing Africa in annual lecture
Mr Kofi Annan focused on the progress of Africa in the 5th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg this afternoon, saying it needed to be balanced on three pillars: security, development and human rights. See webcast courtesy of Tiscali.
The Fifth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture Address
It is truly a privilege for me to deliver this year’s Mandela Lecture. Before I begin, I want to clarify something. I am delivering a lecture in honour of Nelson Mandela. I am in no way delivering a lecture to Nelson Mandela.
Warm reception for Kofi Annan’s critical look at Africa
After Mr Kofi Annan’s speech, members of the invited audience streamed outside Wits University’s Linder Auditorium, most seemingly impressed with his views on African development.