The home is dangerous for women
South Africa has the most intimate partner violence deaths in the world: It is time to act, says Savera Kalideen.
The groundbreaking community development initiative, Kwanda, will be holding its second Imbizo in Mthwalume in KwaZulu Natal on Friday 4 April. This is part of a series of Imbizo’s taking place in Kwanda communities around the country. The five communities are Lephepane in Limpopo, Tjakastad in Mpumalanga, Kwakwatsi in the Free State, Pefferville in the Eastern Cape and uMthwalume in KwaZulu Natal.
Edutainment: Using Stories and Media for Social Action and Behaviour Change
The manual is designed for media practitioners and activists who wish to use the power of entertainment and mass media to promote health, human rights, and social justice. Drawing on successful stories and case studies from Africa and elsewhere, this manual is designed to inspire, give fresh ideas, and share experiences of interesting edutainment programmes.
Soul City’s regional partner organisation in Mozambique, N’weti in partnership with MASC Mozambique, will be hosting an international conference on SRHR from 2nd to 3rd April 2014 in Maputo.
Violence, pregnant teenagers and booze at De Aar's end of the world
Alcohol abuse breeds apathy and joblessness, and fuels abuse in an ever more vicious cycle.
Comment: Alcohol industry still calls the shots
When Soul City's PhuzaWize campaigners did a community mapping exercise there in 2013, they found 2 305 households, one community library, a cultural village, a soccer stadium, an arts school, two clinics, 10 schools, five creches and 14 churches. And 28 liquor outlets; 24 were illegal.
Some interesting statistics on alcohol and alcohol use in South Africa.
Soul City: Behaviour Change In Young Women
At a meeting on 3 December 2013, the Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) elected the Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication as the 6th Principal Recipient (PR) of a Global Fund grant in the allocation of 307 293 214 billion USD approved last September (Soul City received R60 million of the grant).
