News – Dialogue for Justice
Tensions in Leandra boil over
Arsonists disrupt Leandra community conversation
13 May 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
May 13, 2010 – “Why would they do such a thing? Here we are seeking solutions and they attempt to torch us. This is not the mind of a person who is really interested in resolving issues. These are criminals hiding behind service delivery protests.” These words, from a participant in the Nelson Mandela Foundation-supported community conversations on social cohesion, expressed the disappointment and shock that lay at the heart of the Leandra community after attempts by arsonists to burn the community hall participants had gathered in to discuss challenges their community face.
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Voices from the community: Mbali Gumede
Nelson Mandela Foundation community conversation facilitator, Mbali Gumede, shares her story
11 May 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
May 11, 2010 – “I had a boyfriend who didn’t value my opinion; whatever he said went. When the relationship started, we did not trust each other so we used a condom, for a while. Eight months into the relationship, we just stopped using condoms without even knowing each other’s status.
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Ariel Dorfman reading to bolster relief efforts in Chile
Presenter of this year’s Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture to lend support to Chilean earthquake relief effort
26 April 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
April 26, 2010 – On Monday, May 3, the presenter of this year’s Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, Ariel Dorfman, in conjunction with Kerry Kennedy, the Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights and The Public Theater, will present a one-night-only benefit reading of his play Speak Truth to Power: Voices From Beyond the Dark.
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Socio-economic issues dominate community conversations
Communities plan the way forward
15 April 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
April 15, 2010 – Although socio-economic issues, such as poverty, gender violence and joblessness, burden many people across South Africa, proactive communities are finding ways to work together to alleviate their circumstances.
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Foundation publishes “Turning off the Tap” on hyper-endemic Southern Africa
aids2031 paper looks at hyper-endemic Southern African regions
14 April 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
April 14, 2010 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation, in partnership with its aids2031 hyper-endemic co-chairs, the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the Joaquim Chissano Foundation, recently published Turning off the Tap: Understanding and Overcoming the HIV Epidemic in Southern Africa.
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Tackling corruption and a culture of silence and impunity
Engaging the migrant community is the key to tackling social cohesion in Diepsloot.
19 March 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
March 19, 2010 – The second community conversation to promote social cohesion was held in Diepsloot on March 16, 2010. This follows on a conversation held in the same informal settlement on February 25, 2010.
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Foundation hosts National Consultative Meeting
Community conversations are slowly bringing communities together
15 March 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
March 15, 2010 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation convened a National Consultative Meeting to reflect on the challenges and opportunities for building better relationships between South African and migrant communities, following their successful completion of 25 community dialogues in five provinces.
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Ariel Dorfman discusses situation in Chile
Dorfman, who will deliver this year’s Nelson Mandela Eighth Annual Lecture, calls for solidarity
4 March 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
March 4, 2010 – Does inequality in the midst of relative prosperity lead to the erosion of social justice? Ariel Dorfman, who will deliver the Nelson Mandela Eighth Annual Lecture in July, asks this question in the wake of the earthquake tragedy in Chile.
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Kamaqhekeza community commit to turning dreams to reality
Dialogue integrates a community in turmoil
4 March 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
March, 4 2010 – A fight over a girl leads to one man being stabbed to death and the perpetrators hiding, because they anticipate the community’s response to the killing. Proving their fears, the community hunts them down, finding them as they’re about to hand themselves over at the police station, where they’ve fled to find refuge.
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Community members start talking at the first Diepsloot community conversation
Social cohesion community conversation encourages community members to engage with one another.
2 March 2010 | Category: Dialogue for Justice
March 2, 2010 –The Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) held its first Diepsloot township community conversation, after the xenophobic violence that rocked the community in 2008.
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