News – Dialogue for Justice

Foundation recognised for its HIV/AIDS initiative

Times Live columnist salutes Foundation’s efforts to meet HIV/AIDS challenges

2 December 2009 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

December 2, 2009 – In an article marking World AIDS Day, The AIDS war can be won, Times Live columnist Raenette Taljaard speaks of the impact of a Nelson Mandela Foundation HIV/AIDS community conversation she attended.

AIDS is not over: long-term, progressive leadership needed to change face of the epidemic by 2031

Joint World AIDS Day statement from the Commonwealth, UNAIDS and Institute for Global Health, issued at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad

1 December 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Dialogue for Justice

December 1, 2009 – HIV/AIDS was the first global epidemic to be allocated a dedicated international day – and with good reason. As we mark this 22nd World AIDS Day, HIV/AIDS remains a lethal threat to millions the world over, despite progress in improving access to treatment and reducing new infections.

On World AIDS Day: starting where communities are

The Dialogue Programme’s community conversations focus on communities

1 December 2009 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

December 1, 2009 – As part of its ongoing work with communities throughout South Africa about the awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS, the Nelson Mandela Foundation convened 120 dialogues this year – 12 conversations in 10 communities in all nine provinces.

Albert Park moves into action

Migrants and locals work as a community to address their concerns

5 November 2009 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

November 5, 2009 – “It’s only us who can really understand our challenges and come up with appropriate solutions. The time for talking is over. It’s now time for action.”

African history shines light on community life

Nkomazi community talks about migration pressures, identity and building new relationships

15 September 2009 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

September 14, 2009 – “They need to come and cough out what really hurts them.” These words, from a participant in the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s community conversations on social cohesion, aptly express what the series is for. It creates a safe space where ordinary people can open up and talk – and start to act constructively. 

Malibongwe speakers focus on need for economic empowerment of poor women

Micro-financing key to fighting poverty and unemployment

27 August 2009 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

August 27, 2009 – The issue of poverty and how it affects women in South Africa was the key topic of the first session of the third Malibongwe Dialogue, held today by the Nelson Mandela Foundation at the Turbine Hall in Johannesburg.

Generations of women must speak up

Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund CEO calls for Malibongwe Dialogue to reach further into communities

27 August 2009 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

August 27, 2009 – Sibongile Mkhabela, CEO of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, said today that the most important thing that needed to come out of the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Malibongwe Dialogue was to take the discussion into communities.

She was speaking at the third Malibongwe Dialogue, held at the Turbine Hall in Johannesburg on the theme of women’s economic development and poverty eradication.

Women the key to eradicating poverty

Second session of 2009 Malibongwe Dialogue focuses on economic empowerment of women

27 August 2009 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

August 27, 2009 – Putting money into the hands of women is key to eradicating poverty, but there is a disparity, worldwide, between policies and the practice of actually investing in women.

This was the argument that Ruth Kagia, World Bank Country Director for Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland, put forward in the second session of the third Malibongwe Dialogue, hosted by the Nelson Mandela Foundation at the Turbine Hall in Johannesburg today.

Women discuss empowering others

Participants reflect on third Malibongwe Dialogue

27 August 2009 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

August 27, 2009 – The delegates at the third Malibongwe Dialogue, hosted by the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg today, were asked to share their experiences of empowering women, following presentations by South African Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies and the World Bank’s Ruth Kagia.

Community conversation in Albert Park builds social cohesion

Reclaiming Albert Park as a home for all was the vision to come out of a community conversation held in Durban

21 August 2009 | Category: Dialogue for Justice

August 24, 2009 – Albert Park, a culturally diverse suburb in Durban where many immigrants live, was the setting for a community conversation on August 15 to promote social cohesion among residents.