Opposition parties have criticised the proposal to empower a government department to nominate a member to the board of directors of the proposed Media Diversity and Development Agency.

The adoption of a 'briefing note' by the ANC's NEC last year, which accused
elements in Cosatu of 'counter-revolutionary' and 'ultraleftist' plans to
launch a political party, remains a thorn in the side of some. Dinga Sikwebu
concludes the SACP's response fails to take into account the changes taking
place in the ANC.

There has been much speculation in recent weeks about whether real engagement on economic policy will take place. Reneé Grawitzky looks at the process leading up to the drafting of a new economic growth path, which could lay the basis for a social accord.

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The National Assembly and National Council of Provinces has released a report of the Joint Monitoring Committee on Improvement of Quality of Life and Status of Women. The paper asks how best South Africa can address the horrific impact of HIV/Aids on women and girls.

Development Action Group (DAG) is a leading urban development NGO in the Western Cape that supports and implements community housing and development projects and processes, and that works towards the creation of an enabling, community sensitive policy environment. It is looking for an accountant.

Using its network, experience and understanding of leadership requirements in the current NGO context, FMA Consulting will assist organisations to effectively and efficiently run their recruitment processes and to find top candidates to fill their available positions.

A resource guide has been produced, entitled 'Drawing Our Lives', which outlines the methodology used by the DWEBA project, and provides some guidelines for activities using drawing which could be used within most training or development contexts.

Community Video Education Trust (CVET) conducts entry-level video production training courses to 'bridge the gap' for those seeking entry into the film and video industry. It is seeking a Programme Director.

SANGONeT is offering courses in HTML and web publishing, Using & Managing Online Discussion Forums, and Information & Communication Technology (A strategic Approach).

A trust fund set up by Northern Cape government for rape victim Baby Thsepang to hold a benefit concert for her. The humanitarian gesture will see local musicians donating R35,000 each and all the gatetaking will go directly to the fund.

An Urban Greening Fund - with more than R1-million in seed capital from government - was launched in the Johannesburg township of Alexandra. The aim of the fund is to improve the quality of people's lives by transforming townships through greening.

Trau-Mail is an initiative of an independent organisation with the objective of enabling South Africans to share their traumatic experiences with others.

BusinessMap SA, an investment information and research group, requires a research director, with responsibility for black economic empowerment.

The African National Congress has reacted furiously to a Newsweek report saying Thabo Mbeki's presidency is unravelling over HIV/Aids, branding it "a badly written movie script camouflaged as analysis", aimed at destabilising the ANC, its leadership and the government, writes Drew Forrest.

Umhlaba Development Services aims to promote the effective delivery of development programmes and policy by building the capacity of development institutions and organisations, and the client communities they serve. The services offered focus on two key elements of practice: Organisational Development, and Organisational Evaluations.

Former Daily Dispatch editor Donald Woods, as founder of the Steve Biko journalism bursary scheme, had raised money to train 25 black students since 1994.

Thabo Mbeki is feuding with allies, fighting his cabinet and losing international friends. How his dissent on AIDS is unraveling his presidency.

Delft residents are being evicted from their recently constructed houses, which they used their government subsidies to buy, and the Cape Town city council is now planning to auction these houses off. The houses were built as part of an RDP scheme, and only those earning less than R800 a month could qualify for the housing subsidy. Six months after the contractors built the houses, many of the rooves blew off in the wind.

Armed with fresh evidence, South African AIDS activists go to court Friday for the latest round in a long-standing battle to get the government of President Thabo Mbeki to provide all HIV positive pregnant women with a drug that significantly reduces the risk of transmitting the virus to new-born babies.