Domestic Violence Act - 10 years on
Published: 3 December, 2008
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The Domestic Violence Act has been a focus of much activism amongst women’s rights activists. Last week the CSVR hosted the ‘South African Domestic Violence Act (DVA) Lessons from a Decade of Legislation and Implementation’ conference to take a closer look at the Act.
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The Media Monitoring Project has been renamed Media Monitoring Africa. After 15 years, the MMP as it has been fondly known, has been rebranded and launched a new website which reflects the organisations Africa-wide work.

The time has come for South African politicians to practice the politics of joy and hope. This requires hard work, as lasting solutions for issues such as housing, service delivery, unemployment and crime can only be found when they apply their minds and not their hearts.

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  • ePHP enables/encourages communities to actively contribute and participate in the housing development process so that communities take ownership of the process and not just act as passive recipients of housing.

  • The first time I took part in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign was in 2001. Seven years later, while I still participate, I have started worrying that the campaign, once critical for gender and human rights activists around the world, is not making the kind of impact necessary to end levels of gender violence. I want to move from talking, marching, meeting and reflecting to action.

  • Violence against foreign nationals is not new to South Africa; the problem has just worsened.

  • The Anti-Privatisation Forum raises concerns about the quality of RDP houses in South Africa. This comes after an incident in which an RDP house collapsed due to a powerful storm, killing 49-year old mother, Maria Mathebula and injuring two of her children.

  • Keith Anderson of eWASA cautioned that: “Africa is becoming a dumping ground for America and Europe under the guise of donations.”

  • Excitement was running high at the Mindset Health Site Awards ceremony in Orlando West, Soweto - health workers, including nurses from deep rural areas, were emotional as the winners were announced.

  • Kader Asmal has called for a rejuvenation of the values of ethics and morality in public life. “What values of ethical and principled conduct do we inculcate when under the guise of free speech we allow incitement to violence to remain largely unpunished and unbridled?” he asks.

  • While Barbara Hogan’s leadership of the health portfolio is welcome, her silence on access to female condoms remains is a concern.

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