Her multiple skills make it rather difficult to describe her in just one word. And in trying to capture the essence of who she really is, one would need a dozen superlatives. Her name is Judy Nwokedi, a sportsperson, psychologist, health activist, media specialist, filmmaker … the list goes on and on.
The Woolworths Trust EduPlant has launched its 2007 programme with a series of free, empowering workshops that will help educators to create food-rich, sustainable environments at schools. Coordinated by Food and Trees For Africa, Woolworths Trust EduPlant is offering a programme that promotes and supports schools to grow good food, using resource-efficient permaculture techniques.
A coalition of more than 140 international NGOs and women’s groups is gratified that United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is expressing public support for the creation of a new UN agency for women. The proposal for a new UN women’s agency was made last November by a 15-member "High-Level Panel on UN System-Wide Coherence".
How quickly the year goes by: at the end of this month, you will be taking your first break of the year. This is another reminder that you should make use of every second, minute or hour profitably because, before you realise it, exams will be upon you.
Zimbabwe’s chief opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been left fighting for his life after being brutally beaten in police custody, his deputy claimed on Monday. ”As of now … Tsvangirai is battling for his life at Borrowdale police station after he was brutally assaulted,” Thokozani Khupe, deputy head of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), told reporters.
Fidentia’s interim curators failed to arrive at a meeting with about 50 former Fidentia employees at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration (CCMA) on Monday. In a statement on behalf of the employees, Fidentia’s former spokesperson, Ross Edwards, said the curators — Dines Gihwala and George Papadakis — were informed of the meeting, but failed to appear.
A test that could dramatically reduce the diagnosis time for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) will be evaluated during the next 12 months, the parties involved in the project said on Monday. The two tests will be evaluated on about 40Â 000 TB patients at increased risk of MDR-TB ahead of an anticipated roll-out.
The South African Football Association (Safa) has condemned an alleged match-fixing incident that led to the arrest of three soccer officials in Polokwane. ”This is a very sad state of affairs … Having people in positions of responsibility who are initiating such actions of bribery is very disappointing,” Safa spokesperson Morio Sanyane said on Monday.
A Grahamstown resident whose dreams of being a soccer star were shattered when a bullet from the gun of a negligent police officer struck him in the head nine years ago is suing Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula for R8-million. This is according to lawyers acting on behalf of 27-year-old Daluxolo Simama.
Public impressions of corruption and the actual size of the problem are hugely different, a study presented at the National Anti-Corruption Forum in Pretoria on Monday shows. While bribes occurred at only 11,5% of the private-sector companies surveyed, 74% believed there was corruption.