Dear Friend in Faith:
The Affording Hope Project presents Leaps and Bounds, a one woman show which explores the intersection of faith, ecology, and the global economy. Using storytelling, song, movement, music, poetry and prayer, this work of theater sheds light on the driving factors of our environmental crisis while awakening the imagination to a new way of living with and relating to Earth. Grounded in theological reflection, this performance illuminates the quality of life available should we trust in God’s abundance and adopt the practices of Sabbath Economics. Continue reading The Affording Hope Project
Daily Archives: February 18, 2010
One Million Casualties of Land Reform
Ann Hellman
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JOHANNESBURG and CAPE TOWN, Jan 25 (IPS) – The seizure of large commercial farms – almost all white-owned – has continued despite the formation of a unity government in Zimbabwe. The country’s farm workers say they are the biggest losers.
The workers say that Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders must intervene immediately to stop the violence against them. Continue reading One Million Casualties of Land Reform
Land restitution: an unacceptable glacial drift
The Restitution Programme – one of the three pillars of the National Land Reform Programme – was started by a skeletal working group in 1993. Later on, the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994 together with the Constitution formed the basis of the Restitution Programme. The Restitution of Land Rights Act was one of the first pieces of legislation to be passed by the new democratic government, probably because the restitution process was politically expedient and widely perceived as legitimate (Du Plessis, 2003). Continue reading Land restitution: an unacceptable glacial drift
South Africa: The day I ended apartheid, FW de Klerk
If apartheid were still alive today, migrant-conscious black people like me would not be in South Africa, but thanks to the extraordinary foresight of some people all that is now part of the history we read. M.Makoni. Continue reading South Africa: The day I ended apartheid, FW de Klerk
South Africa: Forgotten intellectuals – Revisiting the struggle against apartheid
Teachers, writers, and intellectuals in the Non-European Unity Movement made a significant contribution to the liberation struggle. NEUM was the first organisation in South Africa to adopt non-racialism and reject African ‘inferiority’ put forward under apartheid. Its politics of anti-imperialism and non-racialism learned from the Unity Movement “sent young people marching, protesting, and fighting for democracy in the 1970s and 80s.” Continue reading South Africa: Forgotten intellectuals – Revisiting the struggle against apartheid
SOUTH AFRICA: Inequality not so black and white
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8 February 2010 (IRIN) – The growing gulf between the haves and have-nots in the black population has given South Africa the dubious distinction of becoming one of the world’s most unequal societies, according to a recent report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an inter-government body. Continue reading SOUTH AFRICA: Inequality not so black and white
Shell in the Niger Delta: A Framework for Change – five case-studies from civil society
Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility
ECCR’s most recent report documents, and provides an update on, the social and environmental impacts of the operations of Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary, the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), and explores what needs to change.
At the report’s core are five case studies commissioned from civil society organisations that work with Niger Delta communities. Questions that the report seeks to address include: Continue reading Shell in the Niger Delta: A Framework for Change – five case-studies from civil society
Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan becomes acting president
Nigeria’s Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan has become acting president, after weeks of political turmoil caused by the absence of its ailing leader. Continue reading Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan becomes acting president
KENYA: Lent Message from the Peace and Justice Commission
(CISA) -As we begin the season of Lent this year, we will share with you the message of Lent. This year, the Bishops of Kenya through the Peace and Justice Commission have settled on the Theme of “Towards Healing and Transformation” to guide in reflection and prayer. Continue reading KENYA: Lent Message from the Peace and Justice Commission
Kenya faces political ‘meltdown’
BBC News, Nairobi
By Will Ross
Ongoing political wrangling in Kenya’s coalition government is having a major detrimental effect on its fight against corruption, a lobbying group warns. Continue reading Kenya faces political ‘meltdown’
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