South Africa's national police commissioner, Jackie Selebi, is under investigation after it was revealed that he maintained a close friendship with an organised crime boss recently arrested over the murder of a corrupt mining magnate. The revelation follows a damning series of accusations against the commissioner, who is also president of Interpol.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, the international charity tracking the social & environmental conduct (positive & negative) of over 3200 companies worldwide, is seeking a highly-motivated person to be its Africa Researcher & Coordinator.

The Cape Town Anti-War Coalition will be supporting a demonstration against racism and anti-semitism in the Media24 newsroom, at the offices of the CCMA (Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration) in Darling Street on 27th November at 10:30am. The protest action is in support of a former employee from Media24's People's Post, who has laid several complaints of discrimination against the company, after being dismissed for not complying with the demands of a "white" or "coloured" target market.

Market intelligence and consulting company BMI-T has upwardly revised its previous forecasts for the broadband market. Releasing its latest wireless access and broadband report on Monday (20 November 2006), BMI-T said while ADSL is still expected to lead the way in terms of revenue growth, much of the new growth in terms of subscriber numbers is expected to come from wireless connectivity, with cellular operators likely to exploit this opportunity most significantly.

In recognition of the critical role that the literary, visual and performing artists can play in combating the spread of HIV\AIDS in the country and specifically in Kwazulu-Natal, which has escalating numbers of people living with HIV\AIDS, HIV\AIDS Orphans and child-headed families, the Slam Poetry Showcase, a sub-project of the Slam Poetry Operation Team (SPOT) hosts Be Positive & Stay Negative Slamjam on the 1st December 2006 from 17:00 to 20:00 at the Open Air Theatre, Drama Department –Howard College-UKZ.

The Centre for Public Participation (CPP) is a section 21 company working towards strengthening public participation in governance. Our vision is of an informed and empowered civil society engaging actively with accessible and accountable structures and processes of government, to develop and implement policies and programmes that improve people’s quality of life.

South African environmentalists are frustrated by plans to update the Durban airport ahead of the 2010 soccer World Cup. The development is said to "threaten the winter roosting sites of three million barn swallows that journey there after spending breeding months in countries across Europe and other parts of the world.”

The course focuses on the following issues: Definitions of development, including the rhetorics of development, classic versus radical definitions, Western and African definitions, and the World Bank and IMF models of development, as well as the rights-based, village-based and other models of development.

The honours for Best Feature Film at this year's Cape Town World Cinema Festival have gone to the Korean film, King and the Clown, directed by Joon Ik Lee. This 16th century dramatic comedy focuses on the intrigue and drama of court life. The Jury motivated, "This story about 16th century actors in the Korean Court completely transported us as it brought old theatre forms alive.

Emerging rapper PlanBe talks to Sokari Ekine from Pambazuka News and explores violence and rape in South Africa with emerging rapper PlanBe. He performs his rap Stand Against.

The African National Congress (ANC) wheeled out some of its heavyweights during debate on the controversial Civil Union Bill and also offered an olive branch to the Christian and traditional lobbies by promising a review of the Marriage Act next year. Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota and Deputy Justice Minister Johnny de Lange joined Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula in urging the National Assembly to approve the bill.

In an unprecedented move, the African National Congress (ANC) Women's League yesterday (13 November 2006) demanded the head of the party's chief whip, Mbulelo Goniwe, following a meeting of its national working committee, which studied a report regarding sexual harassment allegations made against him.

As concerns continue to be expressed about the departure of African medical professionals for wealthy countries, South Africa says it is not recruiting health workers from developing nations -- something that also reflects the country's own experience of the medical "brain drain". "Many of our doctors are, for example, moving to Canada," said Sibani Mngabi, a spokesman for the Department of Health. Health workers typically find work abroad through recruitment agencies.

Expletives are scrawled across the classroom walls, the library ceiling has collapsed and up to 45 pupils cram into each filthy classroom -- when the teachers turn up that is. But despite the shoddy state of her school, 14-year-old Constance Mpho has even bigger worries. "Smoking and killing people," said the pupil from Veritas Secondary School in Soweto.

In recognition of the critical role that the literary, visual and performing artists can play in combating the spread of HIV\AIDS in the country and specifically in Kwazulu-Natal, which has escalating numbers of people living with HIV\AIDS, HIV\AIDS Orphans and child-headed families, the Slam Poetry Showcase, a sub-project of the Slam Poetry Operation Team (SPOT) hosts Be Positive & Stay Negative Slamjam on the 1st December 2006 from 17:00 to 20:00 at the Open Air Theatre, Drama Department –Howard College-UKZ.

The November issue of ReConnect Africa is now online. Connecting Africa to the global world, ReConnect Africa is a unique online publication and portal that provides essential information to Africans around the world about careers, enterprise and jobs in Africa. The November issue focuses on South Africa, highlighting the country’s achievements, challenges and people management issues and signposts essential services for employers and recruiters in Africa and for professionals and job seekers in Africa and the Diaspora.

The Community Development Resource Association (CDRA) will run a five-day course that explores the principles, values and practices of effective developmental supervision, mentoring and performance appraisals in Cape Town.

Sipho Mathathi, Secretary General of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), victoriously holds up her fist at the National Civil Society HIV and AIDS Prevention and Treatment Congress, a watershed event marking a dramatic change in government’s outlook in dealing with the treatment of HIV and AIDS, after sustained civil society lobbying and advocacy.

IkamvaYouth's innovative approach to addressing inequalities in South African education has caught the attention of a group of Singapore-based volunteers. After spending a month volunteering for IkamvaYouth at the Khayelitsha branch earlier this year, Singapore-based Florence Jennings decided she wanted to do more. She has enrolled a group of dedicated volunteers in Singapore who, together with the South African ikamvanites, are working tirelessly to organise the fundraising trip of a life time!

CAF Southern Africa is a non profit organisation that encourages and facilitates effective giving by individuals and companies. CAF Southern Africa enables donors to make the most of their giving and non profit organisations to make the most of their resources.