Exploring the Causes of child labour series
January 2007
Child labour is a problem we all either know much of or have heard much about. Many are daily working on it – some trying to help eradicate it while others are making money (directly or indirectly) from it. Our failures to significantly affect the incidence and prevalence of this social cancer are not due to poor trials, but primarily due to application of wrong principles based on faulty theories of causation.
Beautiful Gate centre for children at risk; Muizenberg
January 2007
Beautiful Gate project for children at risk is based in the seaside village of Muizenberg, Cape Town. The home accommodates eight boys from the ages of 6-14. The residential programme provides a home environment that offers physical, emotional and spiritual care, as well as educational assistance, sport and recreational activities. It aims to eventually reintegrate the children into their families and communities.
NGO – Russian Association for Film and Media Education: Experts’ Discussion
January 2007
Media education is the dynamically developing field. Media pedagogy in Russia has essentially started to assert itself since the 1920s (when film education and education on the material of press developed rapidly). However it was only in 1986 that the term “media education” appeared in Russian publications, while in western European countries it has been familiar since late 1960s.
Children in the drivers’ seat
December 2006
‘Participation’ is highly fashionable, and it is highly talked about especially among social scientists and develop-ment activists. It is a progressive word extensively used by social and anthropological researchers. One hears of participatory planning, participatory evaluative process-es, participatory programme implementation, participa-tory research, and on and on.
An empowered and robust civil society as an ideal strategic partner of a municipal manager in the promotion of community participation in local government
December 2006
Blade Nzimande, asserts that, the question of public participation is central in any democratic order, and it is something we dare not take for granted but must ensure that we constantly work on it all the time. To many, public participation is seen as a vehicle to promote and instil a culture of good governance at the local government level. Good governance is not exclusively the territory of the public sector or...
Crafting active citizen participation through ward committees
December 2006
The new government has provided for a legal framework that necessitates the establishment and institutionalization of ward committees as vehicles to entrench participatory governance at the grass root level. According to Roger Southall (2004)[1], ‘participatory democracy entails a high level of public participation in the political process through a wide variety of institutional channels’.
History of Daktari Wildlife Orphanage
December 2006
Some years ago, the TV series Daktari told the story of a family in Africa which looked after injured or orphaned animals. Like thousands of children throughout the world, Ian Merrifield was fascinated by this series, which led them to do the same, many years later. He was working as a game ranger in a reserve when he met his future wife Michele. She assisted in hand-raising a baby zebra which had been attacked by...
Disturbing practices in development
November 2006
This is an account of a donor funded project which is one of the several that together, supports a comprehensive education reform program in a progressive developing country. The project is substantially funded and is staffed by host country professionals with limited expatriate assistance. Project personnel work for a US contracting firm and a consortium of subcontracting institutions. To strengthen indigenous...
The Revitalisation of Local Government in South Africa
November 2006
Local governments are defined as political units or instrumentalities constituted by law (the peculiar or unique characteristics of which is their subordinate status to the central government) which have substantial control over local affairs and likewise have the power to tax. It is also defined as ‘a set of rule-making and rule enforcement activities binding upon a set collectivity, when the same collectivity is...
Children as informed participants in governance
November 2006
Children have been the objects of research for centuries. Some of this research has been conducted perfunctorily in very short time spans. Their parameters are often determined by the funding agencies that do not allow for even the basic rigor to be followed arriving at erroneous results. Unfortunately, much of this research has informed the design of policy and action plans of governments and organisations. It is not...
The merits of the proposed constitutional changes in South Africa
November 2006
Since it was passed in 1996, the Constitution of South Africa has been amended on several occasions. However, this time around there is mounting resistance against its reform. The proposals tabled by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development relates to these aspects: · The authority of constitutional court will be increased with a...
Report on the Niger Delta Academic Foundation (NDAF) Activities
October 2006
This Foundation kicked off in the Year 2006 (which happens to be her maiden year of operation) with a very huge and ambitious target that will strengthen and extend its existence by the end of its maiden operational year (2006). In consonance with this target, the Foundation swung into action by drawing up a budget and a calendar of activities for the year that will facilitate the Implementation of her Action Plan.
Social Enterprise in Africa: An Emerging Concept in an Emerging Economy
October 2006
Africa is a misunderstood continent. Unfortunately, much of the continent’s information that is available to the world is that of unfortunate leadership, conflicts, emigration, economic incompetence, health issues and more. But just like every other human, the average African is daily faced with the challenge of meeting his/her needs, and possibly using such to follow up interests within their sphere of influence....
Organizational Details of Inkanyezi Child and Family Welfare Society
October 2006
Inkanyezi Child and Family Welfare Society was established in January 1995. It formation came when the National government said that all crèches should fall under child welfare societies, from 1995 till 1999. Later the organization changed focus from supporting crèches to establishing and supporting income generation projects, which were funded by the Department of Social Welfare and Population...
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