The SABC has outlined a plan to create a R1.5 million multimedia communications and information hub for the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development, which takes place in Gauteng in August. As the official broadcaster for the event, the SABC has designed an information hub that will produce TV, radio, Internet and SMS news and information for delegates to the summit.

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance announced plans for a three-day protest against Western Cape premier Peter Marais, who has come under fire for his views on homosexuals.

A union representing the rights of self employed women hosted its first Mpumalanga conference this week. The objective of the union was primarily to build unity and self-empowerment amongst women whose work was not officially recognised in the formal sector.

A union representing the
rights of self employed women
hosted its first Mpumalanga
conference this week.The
objective of the union was primarily to build unity and self-empowerment amongst women whose work was not officially recognised in the formal sector.

South African women held a conference to assess conditions after the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR), which was held in Durban from 31 August to 7 September, last year. They also assessed preparations for the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)to be held in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September.

The Labour Department has committed R62 million over the next five years to the Thuthuka skills project to improve the quality and teaching of mathematics and accountancy.

Vodacom Foundation has pledged a further R 500,000 to the Learning, Information and Knowledge Centre within Graduate School of Public and Development Management at Wits University.

Pleas by the Eastern Cape Hark project for donations did not fall on deaf ears and it received a boost of R15 000 for its community outreach programmes. The project has been funded by Standard Bank and offers hearing screening, diagnostic testing, hearing aid fitting, evaluations, counselling, school placement and parent training for care givers of hearing impaired children.

Pleas by the Eastern Cape Hark project for donations did not fall on deaf ears and it received a boost of R15 000 for its community outreach programmes. The project has been funded by Standard Bank and offers hearing screening, diagnostic testing, hearing aid fitting, evaluations, counselling, school placement and parent training for care givers of hearing impaired children.

A landmark agreement to provide the at least 32,000 government schools countrywide with free access to computer software was signed between government and computer giant Microsoft, in Cape Town, today.

Critical teacher shortages could cripple education in South Africa, the World Bank, teachers' unions and opposition parties have warned.

The Free State health department says it is currently extending the programme to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child at the existing research sites.

The South African Weather Service said it expects El Nino weather conditions to hit southern Africa at the end of the year, bringing yet another dry spell after this year's already disappointing harvest. "Indications are showing that an El Nino is coming and the data we are getting month after month shows it is under way," said Melton Mugeri, a meteorologist at the South African Weather Service.

CONTRACTORS used to receiving lucrative tenders through bribery of state officials may be blacklisted and barred from participating in the procurement system of the government for three to five years.

The Non Profit Partnership has commissioned Natal
University's Centre for Civil Society to do the country's first independent research into the Lotteries Act and distribution of lottery funds to civil society organizations in South Africa.

SANGONeT, in association with LINK Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand, is offering a certificate course designed to promote computer literacy.

You are invited to an Open Seminar on the WSSD: International Critiques of Unsustainable Development Coordinated by three international progressive think-tanks: Focus on the Global South (Bangkok), International Forum on Globalization (San Francisco) and the Southern and East African Trade, Information and Negotiations Initiative (Harare).

Lawyers for Human Right is currently seeking applications for a one-year paralegal position to monitor the detention of undocumented migrants. The position
will be based in Johannesburg and the successful candidate will be expected to travel within South Africa.

Woz'obona, an NGO doing early childhood teacher training since 1987, is hiring a fulltime Senior Trainer.

Behind the Mask is an organisation that aims to empower and support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Africa. It is looking for an Executive Director.