Active Citizens: Who we become

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Khulumani Marking One Hundred Years of Unfolding Processes of Dispossession: June 19, 2013
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Khulumani hosts the Inquiries and Hearings Committee of the Truth Commission of Ivory Coast
Khulumani congratulates its Board Member, Professor Tinyiko Maluleke on his appointment as Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Johannesburg

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Interview with Dr. Marjorie Jobson

Corporate Liability: From Apartheid Crimes to Marikana - Video Interview with Dr. Marjorie Jobson

In this video, Dr. Marjorie Jobson, Director of the Khulumani Support Group, provides an update of The South African Apartheid Litigation case that has been on going since November 2012. She is interviewed by Fazila Farouk of The South African Civil Society Information Service (SACSIS).

2013 Fingo Festival in Grahamstown

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Victim re-empowerment is in the hands of victims themselves. In becoming the active participants in their own lives, in a supportive environment, victims are progressively transformed into victors.

Wednesday, 29 May 2013 08:44

Khulumani Youth Forum Theatre Taking a Stand - Saturday June 1

Written by khulumani.net

The Khulumani Forum Theatre Group (KFTG) will partake in the “Take A Stand” procession on Saturday 1 June 2013. Visit http://takeastand.org/ for more info.

The procession is an all-inclusive, non-partisan and non-sectarian civil society procession which will take place in Soweto with 30,000 men, women and children. This will mark the beginning of a movement by a nation determined to regain the chain of values that makes us truly human.

Monday, 20 May 2013 12:15

Report on Khulumani's participation in the Congreso para la Paz, Colombia, April 2013

Written by Judy Seidman

Mural at the National University in Bogata, where the Congreso took place, calling for unity in the struggle

Khulumani Support Group was invited to participate in the groundbreaking Congreso de la Paz held in Bogota, Colombia between 18 and 22 April, 2013.

Ms Judy Seidman represented Khulumani and explained that this event was of the equivalent significance to Colombia as the event to adopt the Freedom Charter was to South Africa.

In her submissions to the gathering of 20,000 Colombian from all walks of life and all the regions of the country, Judy explained:

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Monday, 15 April 2013 11:03

Khulumani represented at the Colombian Dialogue for Peace being hosted in Colombia 18-22 April 2013

Written by khulumani.net

Judy Seidman will represent Khulumani Support Group at the Colombian Dialogue for Peace being hosted in Colombia between April 18 and 22, 2013.

Khulumani is proud to be invited to participate in this very important new platform in which civil society actors are coming together to strategise on alternative approaches to securing lives of dignity for grass roots communities in the struggle to construct sustainable and stable paths towards just, equitable and democratic societies.

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Saturday, 13 April 2013 11:32

Khulumani to participate in the National Anti-Corruption Forum taking place at COSATU House on April 17, 2013

Written by khulumani.net

Mr Zweli Mkhize and Ms Sally Musandirire will represent Khulumani at the NACF on 17 April 2013.

Dealing with corruption at the most local level where people are most severely impacted when funds for services are diverted for rivate purposes, has been one focus of Khulumani's ongoing work on building capacity for engaged and active citizenship for participatory democracy.

Tuesday, 02 April 2013 17:32

Report on Meeting between government and CSOs in preparation for effective participation in the upcoming sitting of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR)

Written by khulumani.net

Zweli Mkhize represented Khulumani at last week's preparatory meeting between government and CSOs in preparation for the upcoming sitting of the ACHPR.

The commitment of government to hosting these meetings is a very welcome development. Thank you to Ms Corlett Letlojane of HURISA for her unceasing efforts to build more collaborative relationships between government departments and civil society in the context of advancing human rights practices in South Africa and across the continent.