Tutti i temi: Africa del Sud

30.11.2005 Afrikan Aids-tilastojen pahimmassa maassa Botswanassa on edistytty pitkin harppauksin.”Kaikki botswanalaiset, jotka tarvitsevat hiv:n lääkitsemiseen antiretroviraalilääkitystä, saavat sitä nyt,” sanoo tyytyväinen lääkäri Terhi Heinäsmäki pienen Shakawen kaupungin klinikalla.

29.11.2005 “Ten minutes, five minutes, can affect your whole life." But now a pioneering group of South African women who have survived rape are confronting the violence by going public about their harrowing experiences, in the hope of stemming the epidemic of assault.

25.11.2005 Two more mass graves - apparently of SWAPO independence fighters - have been found in northern Namibia, making a total of five since the discovery of the first on 9 November.

24.11.2005 A study funded by Sida aims to explore the opportunities for using ICTs in mitigating HIV and AIDS in Southern Africa. The study focused on three countries, Zambia, Botswana and Mozambique. It seeks to discover how ICTs contribute to the empowerment of people living with HIV/AIDS and how the usage of ICTs improves ongoing and planned HIV/AIDS programs in the region.

23.11.2005 The multimedia “e-library”, destined for schools around South Africa, was unveiled by Vodacom and the minister of education, Naledi Pandor, in Midrand yesterday.

18.11.2005 Wireless learning is a fresh idea in South Africa, suitable for the new generation of student leaders, says Sadiq Malik, Broadband Communications Technologies (BCT) Global's business operations director.

17.11.2005 In South Africa, where approximately 1 in 5 people are HIV-infected, affected households borrow 40% less than those that are not affected by the disease.
Stigma attached to HIV/AIDS and financial pressures for people with the disease makes it all the more important that they have equal access to credit.

16.11.2005 The Zambian government has rejected a proposal to guarantee citizens the right to access public information as part of a new constitution being drafted for the country.

14.11.2005 SchoolNet SA, a non-governmental organisation tasked with advancing the educationally effective use of ICT in schools, has engaged in various professional developmental programmes this year to advance local ICT teacher training.

11.11.2005 Namibian perustuslaki takaa naisille tasa-arvon, mutta käytännössä laki toteutuu vain osittain. "Naisilta puuttuu verkostoja vaikuttamiseen, he eivät tunne oikeuksiaan ja alkavat vasta vaatia niitä", kertoo Women's Solidarity -järjestössä toimiva Rosa Namises.

10.11.2005 The eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana has been condemned by a group of non-governmental organisations from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Germany, Switzerland and France.
* Bushman woman found dead in reserve

10.11.2005 E-learning is not suited for a school environment and should rather be used in the workplace, says Prof Johannes Cronje, professor of e-learning at the University of Pretoria's faculty of education.

03.11.2005 Botswanan korkein oikeus on myöntänyt kotoaan pois ajetulle bushman-perheelle luvan muuttaa takaisin kotiinsa, Kalaharin luonnonsuojelualueelle. Tapaus oli ensimmäinen kerta kun Botswanan hallitus hävisi oikeudenkäynnin syytteen nostanutta bushman-perhettä vastaan. Botswanan bushmanien entiselle asuinalueelle suunnitellaan timanttikaivauksia.

02.11.2005 The Botswana High Court ruled that the government must allow Bushman Amogolang Segootsane and his family to return to their land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. It must also return his goats to him and allow him to bring water into the reserve.

01.11.2005 Scores of Zambians Tuesday took to the streets in the capital Lusaka to demand the enacting of a new constitution before the next general elections.

01.11.2005 Scores of Zambians Tuesday took to the streets in the capital Lusaka to demand the enacting of a new constitution before the next general elections.