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Indigenous Cultural Entrepreneurship in South Africa

in: Poverty Rural development rural livelihoods under development

Published: 9 December, 2009

The cultural landscape of South Africa tells a story of underdevelopment, disregard of certain cultures and also a story of preferential treatment of particular cultural communities and cultural practices. Many cultural communities in the country do not have the vision, confidence, self belief, persistence and expertise to establish cultural agencies which are capable of preserving, promoting and developing their indigenous cultures and position it as a central pillar of sustainable development. Cultural commissions or other state agencies have not done enough to empower communities to tap into the cultural industries sector and to create wealth for themselves.

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South Africans Stand Up to End Poverty

“Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now!” mobilisation will take place from October 16th -18th, bringing together millions of people across the globe to call on world leaders to eradicate extreme poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As part of the SANGONet 2009 Social Media for NGOs Conference taking place in Newtown, participants will Stand Up on 16 October

On Being Poor and the MDGs

In this article, Idah Makukule writes that unless all sectors of society commit to challenging inequality and eradicating poverty, the MDG goals will remain out of reach. She describes how that in Vosloorus the MDGs have no meaning, for them what is important is their lived reality of a daily struggle to meet their daily basic needs, while trying to survive with limited resources

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Vacancy: Habitat for Humanity International: OVC Shelter Specialist

Deadline: 03/27/2010

Revitalising Public Participation While public participation in local government would seem the perfect solution for ensuring a real democracy in South Africa, it remains a space for political parties to exert their power. Participation in local government involves development planning, performance management and strategic decision-making, however, in some municipalities input from ward members, let alone citizens, is being stifled	Emergency Effort Needed to Solve Western Cape Housing Crisis There is a crisis in housing in the Western Cape. In Cape Town alone, there is a backlog of 400 000 houses, which is increasing by 18-20 000 a year, with only 8-9 000 houses built annually. The ANC’s goal of eliminating all informal settlements by 2014 is more likely a pipe dream; and it is equally foolish for the DA to try to implement a policy of zero tolerance for land occupations. Until sufficient housing can be provided, space must be allowed for the swelling urban population to build shacks on vacant land	Everyone’s Doing It. Are You? Friday 18 September is Do It Day – the big day each year when South Africans join forces to paint, plant, clean, read, teach and empower their communities. This year we’re calling for a ‘National Strike’ – not to down tools, but rather to pick them up to fight poverty and underdevelopment around the country. With the backing of organised celebrities, business, civil society and thousands of ordinary citizens possibly even the President himself, Do It Day 2009 is going to be the biggest yet	Guiding the Urban Agricultural Donkey If we seriously want to support urban agriculture so that it can help achieve a revised land redistribution target, we need to find innovative ways to obtain and keep land in and around urban areas for agricultural activity. We need to find ways to guide urban agricultural development into areas where we want farming to take place and guide residential, business, industrial and other development into other areas where we want future urban development to take place
The Cost of Fighting Hunger In Seasons of Hunger: Fighting Cycles of Quiet Starvation Among the World’s Rural Poor, published by Action Against Hunger, authors Stephen Devereux, Bapu Vaitla and Samuel Hauenstein Swan offer a timely reminder of a frequently overlooked aspect of hunger in the developing world: seasonality. Tracy Cull and Katharine Vincent explore the book and the possibility of setting up an international judicial mechanism which would compel states to comply with the right to food.	CAF Southern Africa Comments on the 2009/10 Consensus emerging from business and government sectors a day after what is probably Trevor Manuel’s swansong budget is that the budget is as good as it can be, given the overarching global economic crisis.	Centre for Policy Studies Comments on the 2009/10 Budget Obviously, Minister Manuel’s budget speech did not address institutional issues (i.e. administrative capacity, management efficiency, etc.). We therefore await the new government and its ministers to elaborate their programmes and plans for implementing the budget and for the elected legislatures.	Tackling Governance Crisis in Southern Africa Khanya-AICDD hosted a seminar, which brought together delegates from various African countries, aimed at stimulating debate on whether there is a crisis of governance in Southern Africa.