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Municipal Systems Act 2000 defines IDP as the principal strategic planning instrument for Municipalities. Key features of IDP must include Spatial analysis This involves urban planning, transportation planning, and land use management. The IDP can reverse spatial planning that caused …
The Chief Justice of Kenya has advised President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve Parliament for failure to enact legislation on the two-thirds gender rule – a provision in the Constitution that directs that elective and appointive bodies, including Parliament, should not …
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Open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa regarding the Civil Union Amendment Bill B11b of 2018.
Photo: Flickr/UN Women Eliminating gender disparities in all forms of life and empowering women have been an important agenda of the Tanzanian government since the early days of independence. Efforts to bring women into mainstream development and setting out the …
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Photo: Flickr/BBC World Service The percentage of women in senior leadership positions among the top Kenyan companies and in the government is still dramatically lower than that of men. The obstacles hindering women in senior leadership positions in Kenya are …
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Workers’ Day provides an opportunity to celebrate, honour and appreciate the value of workers across the globe as well as to reflect on pertinent issues that affect them. However, as we celebrate Workers’ Day, it is imperative to assess the …
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Today, World Homeless Day, marks the official launch of a civil society campaign to decriminalise poverty-related by-laws in South Africa. We reject the effective criminalisation of poverty through municipal by-laws currently targeting the poor and the most marginalised in South …
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Women in South Africa are paid 19.4% less than men on hourly wages.
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The Minister of Finance in South Africa recently announced a tax drop on menstrual hygiene products. We’ll hear more about that in this edition of AfricaGender Indaba. We’ll also hear the second edition of a drama series highlighting the issue …
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It is time to respect women’s agency about their career growth and their need to self actualise, and create an enabling environment to do so.
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Diverse development actors participate in workshop to map out tangible steps to increase women’s economic empowerment.
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Sonke registers deep concern about the cabinet reshuffle announced by President Zuma just after midnight last night.
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Judgment may limit scale of claims in class action suit – Lutho Mtongana reports in The Sunday Times.
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Widows and children stand to inherit damage claims from the mining industry, but their decision to appeal doesn’t bode well.
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Civil society writes open letter to South African President Jacob Zuma.
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SABC News reports on the Johannesburg High Court’s ruling in the historic silicosis class action lawsuit.
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Sonke Gender Justice welcomes the judgement handed down today, 13 May 2016, by the South Gauteng High Court granting permission to a group of miners to proceed with a class action against South Africa’s gold mining companies. A group of …
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This week, Sonke Gender Justice and the Treatment Action Campaign are joining former miners in a court hearing seeking certification for a class action lawsuit seeking damages to be paid to former gold miners who are now sick with #silicosis …
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