IPS Inter Press Service - Southern AfricaIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.RIGHTS: Let May 11 Be A Turning Point For A More Tolerant, Safe, and Prosperous South Africa- (Found June 29, 2008 ) JOHANNESBURG, Jun 20 (IPS) - June 20 is World Refugee Day. Early this week, the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) launched a report documenting just how far South Africa has to go in protecting the rights of foreigners in our midst.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42895 Q&A: "There Has Been Xenophobia for a Long Time in This Country"- (Found June 29, 2008 ) DURBAN, Jun 20 (IPS) - Young adults in South Africa increasingly feel government has let them down. They lament lack of access to employment opportunities, poverty and many have pretty much lost hope that their situation will improve within the next decade.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42894 POLITICS-ZIMBABWE: "Getting People Participating Is a Process, Not an Event"- (Found June 29, 2008 ) HARARE, Jun 19 (IPS) - Amidst the turmoil surrounding the Jun. 27 presidential run-off in Zimbabwe, it is doubtless something of a challenge to muster enthusiasm for plans relating to the country&39;s next general elections. Gender activists intent on having more women voted into office in 2013 are undaunted, however.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42885 RIGHTS-ZIMBABWE: Government Blocks Aid for Six Million In Need- (Found June 29, 2008 ) HARARE, Jun 18 (IPS) - Sixty-six year old Gogo Lethiwe Ncube gazes at a distant truck cruising towards the Avoca Shopping Centre in Insiza, Matabeleland South Province and starts smiling.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42859 DEVELOPMENT-ANGOLA: Stressing the Importance of Clean Water- (Found June 29, 2008 ) LUANDA, Jun 17 (IPS) - A survey of Angolan households has revealed less than half of caregivers always treat water with a reliable method before giving it to children. And one third of those interviewed by Population Services International (PSI) believes water is blessed by God and does not need to be sterilised before use.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42841 DEVELOPMENT-ANGOLA: Absorbing Lessons on Clean Water- (Found June 29, 2008 ) LUANDA, Jun 16 (IPS) - Playing happily in the sand with her twin sister, it&39;s hard to believe Vivia Paulino was only months ago on the brink of death.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42821 RIGHTS-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Xenophobia Impacts on Mozambique- (Found June 29, 2008 ) MAPUTO, Jun 13 (IPS) - A month ago, 47-year-old Catarina Manungo was the owner of a two-bedroom house in Boksburg, where she lived with her four children and a grand-daughter. A few short weeks later, Manungo and her two youngest children find themselves living in a tent in the Maputo neighbourhood of Matola Garre.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42784 ECONOMY-AFRICA: Informal Sector Also Needs Skills Training- (Found June 29, 2008 ) CAPE TOWN, Jun 11 (IPS) - Bringing basic skills training programmes to workers in the informal sector can help to bring down poverty and unemployment levels, while improving economic growth.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42741 HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Children in the Path of the Pandemic- (Found June 29, 2008 ) JOHANNESBURG, Jun 6 (IPS) - There is barely a path leading down the steep incline and through the dense bush to the Mabuyakhulu homestead. It would be easy to pass by without finding 13 year old Zanele and her eight year old sister Andiswa who stay there on their own.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42695 |