Tasneem Gamieldien

Members of civil society will gather in Cape Town from 1-5 September to find ways to respond to the challenges and opportunities facing the sector. Titled ‘Towards Rebuilding a Platform for Civil Society Engagement: Challenges and Prospects’, the conference forms part of the South African NGO Coalition’s (SANGOCO) national programme and is supported by COSATU and a number of networks in the Western Cape. A key aim of the conference is to build a vibrant civil society.

Julie Staub

Over the last few years South Africa has suffered what has become commonly known as the ‘Brain Drain’.  Many people we have helped to educate have left our shores for what they believe to be a brighter future elsewhere. Consequently we have been left with a shortage of professionally qualified people in a number of key sectors.

Dora Moche

What is the connection between digital-gaming and education? Is it possible that digital games can be used as a learning tool? What would a ‘learning game’ look like? These and other questions were the subject of discussion at the Games and Learning Indaba hosted by the Shuttleworth Foundation in Johannesburg on 21 August 2008.

Nicolé Fick

In September 2006 a new clause was inserted into the Sexual Offences Act (include a link to the full text of the Act) making it an offence to “unlawfully and intentionally engage the sexual services of a person 18 years or older for financial or other reward, favour or compensation.” According to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development the intended aim of this clause is to protect sex workers from exploitation and abuse and to prevent trafficking in persons by eradicating sex work.