December 4-12, 1998: Memorial and Funeral Services for Simon Tseko Nkoli, 26 November 1957 - 30 November 1998, Delmas Treason Trialist, Activist, Friend and Leader

Johannesburg Memorial Service

Date: Friday, 04 December 1998
Time: 17H00 - 19H00
Venue: St. Mary's Anglican Cathedral, corner Wanderers and De Villiers Street, Johannesburg

Invited speakers:
Premier Popo Molefe (Premier of the North West Province) and Patrick "Terror" Lekota (National Chairperson of the African National Congress and of the National Council of Provinces). Both speakers were Simon's fellow detainees and trialists during the Delmas Treason Trial.

Sebokeng Memorial Service

The memorial service for Simon Tseko Nkoli scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 9 December 1998 in Sebokeng has been cancelled. The details for the night vigil and funeral service are as follows:

Night Vigil
Date: Friday, 11 December 1998
Venue: 18909 Zone 14, Sebokeng

Funeral Service:

Date: Saturday, 12 December 1998
Venue: Mphatlalatsane Theatre, Zone 14, Sebokeng
Time: 08h00
The funeral procession will depart for the cemetary at 11h00.

Transport to Sebokeng will depart from Champions Bar (corner Rissik and Wolmarans Streets, Braamfontein, Johannesburg) on Saturday, 12 December, at 06h45, returning to Johannesburg at approximately 16h00.

Donations to cover memorial service and funeral costs can be made to the following bank account

Name of Account: Gay and Lesbian Organisation of Witwatersrand (GLOW) Bank: Nedbank, Yeoville Branch, Johannesburg Branch Code: 191105 Account Number: 1911 06 9861 (Account Number 2)

We Mourn Simon Tseko Nkoli
26 November 1957 - 30 November 1998

On Monday, 30 November 1998, the eve of World Aids Day, Simon Tseko Nkoli passed away. For more than 13 years Comrade Simon had lived bravely with HIV/AIDS. Cradling the pain of our deep loss, we celebrate his life and his selfless commitment to improving the lives of those around him.

Our hero

• a fighter for freedom and justice for all
• fearless champion against prejudice and despair
• respected leader of lesbian, gay and transgender women and men
• anti-apartheid activist
• veteran of the Delmas Treason Trial
• courageous young lion
• brave torch-bearer for the dignity for those living with HIV/AIDS
• a personality
• our brother, lover, partner and our sensitive, precious friend.

Simon died too young, too soon, with too much still to do. He was locally and internationally loved, respected and honoured for his valiant and fearless personal struggle for the liberation of his fellow men and women; whether from the indignity and scars of apartheid, from ignorance and homophobia, from fear and misunderstanding about HIV/AIDS, Simon's life celebrated hope, survival and a deep seated conviction that creating a world without prejudice is a duty and a right of passage for every human being.

Missed and deeply mourned, Simon's death on the eve of World Aids Day was his final act of personal activism and contribution to this ongoing struggle. Our thoughts are with his family, his lover and partner Roderick Sharp, his close friend Peter Mohlahledi, and his other friends and comrades.

The Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witwatersrand (GLOW) and the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality (NCGLE) mourn his passing and the immeasurable loss of a friend and fighter for freedom and justice.

Simon Tseko Nkoli was a founding member of the Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witwatersrand (GLOW), the Township Aids Project (TAP), Positive African Men's Project (PAMP) and the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality (NCGLE); board member of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA); freeman of the City of New York; recipient of the 1996 Stonewall Award; honoured in 1996 by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (USA).

Issued by:
The Simon Nkoli Memorial Committee
P O Box 27811, Yeoville, 2143
36 Grafton Road, Yeoville, 2198
E-mail: jonathan@ncgle.org.za
Tel - +27 11 487 3810/1/2 or 648 0813/4
Fax - +27 11 487 1670

December 10, 1998... 6-8pm: NADEL-Human Rights Research and Advocacy Project International Human Rights Day Celebration

Venue:
Community House
41 Salt River Road
Salt River

RSVP
Avril, Pippa, Nobonke
Tel. 423 6309
Fax. 424 3561

Programme:

Includes 4 presentations on the following:

• Violence Against Women
• Human Rights - Writing of South Africa's Apartheid Debt
• The Rights of Refugees in South Africa
• Homophobia in Southern Africa

We look forward to you joining us for an evening of Song, dance, poetry readings and cultural events

Drinks, snacks and transport will be provided.

[NB. Those requiring transport, should contact the office timeously.]

Prakashnee Govender
National Association of Democratic Lawyers(NADEL)
Human Rights Research and Advocacy Project
P.O. Box 15803, Vlaeberg, 8018, Cape Town
tel: +27-21-423 6309 fax: +27-21-424 3561

December 10, 1998... 12-2pm: International Human Rights Day Picket Against Violation of Human Rights in Zimbabwe

Venue
Cape Town - Zimbabwean Consulate, 50 Kuiper Street, Zonnebloem

The National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality (NCGLE) invites the general public, civil society organisations, political parties and its affiliates to attend the picket as detailed above. The NCGLE calls on the Zimbabwean government to open dialogue with lesbian and gay Zimbabweans with a view to decriminalise homosexuality, observe and respect human rights and workers rights in Zimbabwe.

The NCGLE also calls on all South Africans, civil society organisations, trade unions and political parties in South Africa to support human rights, lesbian and gay equality in Zimbabwe by endorsing the memorandum to be submitted to the Zimbabwean Trade Mission and attending the picket on International Human Rights Day.

Background Information

In the last few years, Zimbabwe has seen increasing erosion of general human rights, political democracy and trade union rights. This has resulted in massive social unrest directed at the Mugabe government. Various international trade union and human rights organisations have raised their concerns about the worsening situation in Zimbabwe. Since 1995, the Zimbabwean government has verbally attacked lesbian and gay Zimbabweans. Recently, Zimbabwean police fabricated sodomy charges against Keith Goddard, leader of the Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ). This climate of hatred has led to increased public hatred and intolerance towards lesbian and gay people in Zimbabwe. The situation could get worse.

In the context of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the picket will highlight the continuing repression, violations of human rights and erosion of democracy and workers' rights by the government of Zimbabwe. Further, between 04 December and 10 December 1998 the World Council of Churches will convene its General Assembly in Harare. During this period, there will be several activities to highlight the plight of lesbian and gay people in Zimbabwe and elsewhere in the world.

Contact
Josie Abrahams, NCGLE Cape Town,
Tel - 021 423 5026,
Fax - 021 423 5046,
Email - josie@ncgle.org.za

December 10, 1998... 8.30am-4.30pm: Agenda's AIDS Mini Conference

Agenda's "AIDS Mini Conference" will be held on December 10th to launch Agenda's issue entitled "Counting the cost of AIDS" due out early December. The issues highlighted in the journal are the gender context, human rights questions for the growing number of women who are living with HIV/AIDS and the importance of successful AIDS interventions.

Venue: Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza
Cost p.p is R50
Call T:031 224184 or e-mail: subs@agenda.org.za for more information.

December 5, 1998: Fourth International Conference on Dowry & Bride-Burning in India, Harvard University

Sponsored jointly by Harvard University (Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies) and International Society Against Dowry and Bride-Burning in India, Inc. (ISADABBI), the "Fourth International Conference on Dowry and Bride-Burning in India" will be held at Harvard University on December 5, 1998.

Place: Boylston Hall, Harvard University
Date: December 5, 1998
Time of Registration: 9:00am
Registration Fee
(includes lunch, donated by "Bombay Club", Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts):
$5.00 for students, $15.00 for others.

Inauguration by Mrs. Maneka Gandhi, Minister of Social Welfare and Empowerment, Government of India

Conference Participants:

• Dr. Michael Witzel, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
• Mrs. Vimi Verma, Sudbury, MA, USA
• Mr. Himendra Thakur, International Society Against Dowry & Bride-Burning in India, Inc., USA
• Dr. Arvind Sharma, McGill University, Canada (Tentative)
• Dr. Bishakha Sen, College of Business Administration, Orlando, FL, USA
• Dr. Vijayendra Rao, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
• Dr. Bisraam Rambilass, Durban University, South Africa
• Dr. Sarla Patel, Shrewsbury, MA, USA
• Dr. Werner Menski, London University, UK
• 1Dr. Mahesh Mehta, Viswa Hindu Parishad, USA
• Dr. Julia Leslie, London University, UK (Tentative)
• Attorney Rani Jethmalani, New Delhi, India (Health permitting)
• Dr. Enrica Garzilli, Perugia University, Italy
• Attorney Manjaree Chowdhary, New Delhi, India
• Ambassador Naresh Chandra, Washington DC, USA (Tentative)
• Dr. Purushottama Bilimoria, Melbourne University, Australia
• Mr. Satya Agarwala, Rochester, NY, USA

For details, please contact:
Dr. Michael Witzel
Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
witzel@fas.harvard.edu
Telephone: USA-617-496-2990

Ms Carol Spitzer
Department Administrator Sanskrit and Indian Studies
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Telephone: USA-617-495-3295

The Conference offers a privilege of meeting the new leadership of the Government of India. With the full support of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, Mrs. Maneka Gandhi has created history in her Ministry of Social Welfare and Empowerment. Just in six months since assuming office in March 1998, she has implemented 37 centrally sponsored schemes, upgraded the Rehabilitation Council of India Act, and successfully launched World's largest program for rehabilitation of the disabled with a Rupees 440 million national project called the "Bridge Course". We are very sincerely hoping that with her golden touch, we will be able to implement the plans and programs to save the lives of the dowry victims in India.

The tragedy of dowry and bride-burning in India is as enormous as that of the land-mines which has horrified the world. It is now estimated that about 25,000 brides are killed or disabled every year in India over dowry disputes, which exceed the estimated 21,000 civilians killed or disabled in land-mine accidents every year all over the world. Moreover, land-mine accidents are NOT culpable homicides. Bride-burning is a culpable homicide, perpetrated by intimate members of the victims marital family, who do not display any sense of guilt.

To understand, and to draw world attention to the problem, the "First International Conference on Dowry and Bride-Burning" was held at Harvard Law School in 1995. In this Conference, a "Six Point Program to Eradicate Dowry and Bride-Burning in India" was adopted, which was further revised at the "Second" and the "Third International Conference" held at Harvard and London University in 1996 and 1997, respectively.

One of the major goals of the forthcoming "Fourth International Conference" will be to discuss and finalize the "Six Point Program" and make plans to lauch the "Program" in India next year.

Pre-Conference Panel Discussions:

A series of "Pre-Conference Panel Discussions" are planned to be held on
November 8, November 22 and November 29, 1998,
at 12:30 PM each day,
at Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University,
2 Divinity Avenue (Rooms 213 & 214),
Cambridge, Massachusetts,
to discuss the "Six Point Program".

Panel Discussion on November 15, 1998 will be held in Worcester,
Massachusetts. For time & location, please contact
Mr. Himendra Thakur
at hthakur@shore.net
or at telephone USA-978-546-7354
on or before November 10, 1998.

Panel Discussions on the "Six Point Program", "Legal Approach" and
"Economic Approach" will be held on
December 4, 1998
at Boylston Hall, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA,
at 6:30 PM.

There are no registration fee for Panel Discussions. However, it will be helpful if you contact
Mr. Himendra Thakur at hthakur@shore.net
or at telephone USA-978-546-7354,
at least five days before the date of the panel discussion.

For a copy of the revised draft of the "Six Point Program to Eradicate Dowry and Bride-Burning in India", or for any other information about the Conference, please contact
Mr. Himendra Thakur at hthakur@shore.net
or at telephone USA-978-546-7354.

Dr. Enrica Garzilli
University of Perugia (Italy)
Istituto di Linguistica
Piazza Morlacchi, 11 06123 Perugia
Tel./Fax: +39-75-585 3755 (office)
Editor-in-Chief,
Intl. Journ. of Tantric Studies, Journal of S. Asia Women Studies
htpp://www.asiatica.org

December 3, 1998... 12.30-2pm Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre Lunch Hour Seminar: 1999 Elections, Poltical Parties and Violence Against Women

Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre to end violence against women will be hosting a lunch hour seminar on 3 December 1998 from 12:30 - 14:00 entitled '1999 Elections, Poltical Parties and Violence against women.' As part of the 16 days of activtism, the seminar will look at what political parties hope to do top eradicate violence against women and why women should vote for their party.

To book your seat please rsvp
Refilwe Matlapeng at
403 4267/70 or
403 8230

December 4, 1998... 5.30-7pm: Launch of Transformation for Women in the Media

Venue:
Institute for the Advancement of Journalism
9 Jubilee Road, Parktown, Johannesburg

The guest speaker is Libby Lloyd - IBA Councillor.

Please RSVP with Naomi Webster at 403 4267/70 or Zureida at 788 1278

September-December, 1998: National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality Events Calendar

Please plan your diary and attend as many parties, discussion and events. This events diary will be updated every second week. While this primarily lists NCGLE events, affiliates and other bodies are welcome to forward events or listings for this space.

The CT NCGLE Office will be hosting monthly political discussions watch this space.

September

8th September 1998 NCGLE Submission Home Affairs Portfolio Committee at Parliament on Same-Sex Partner Immigration Rights and the Refugee Bill

9th September 1998 National Council of the Province Votes on Employment Equity Bill

17th-20th September 1998 SANGOCO NGO Week (NCGLE Stall-Do you want to assist?)

19th September 1998 Employment Equity Alliance Party (Cape Town) contact Josie on (021) 4235026

26th September 1998 Pride Parade and Pride Parties

23-29 September 1998 NCGLE Youth and Human Rights Camp (Gauteng)

October

1st October 1998 Southern Africa Lesbian and Gay Legal Strategy Workshop (Johannesburg)

NCGLE hosts UNISON Lesbian and Gay Committee largest British trade union

29th October 1998 Lesbian and Gay Film Festival opens in Johannesburg (watch this space for details)

November

5th November 1998 (Queer Fawkes) Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Opens in Cape Town

Recognise Our Relationships Rally (Cape Town) Date and venue to be confirmed

December

4th December 1998 Cape High Court Hearing on Same-Sex Immigration Case

World Council of Churches Conference in Harare

10th December 1998 Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban Pickets at Zimbabwe Embassies. Celebrate with Amnesty International 50th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Have fun!!!!

Zackie Achmat

National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality
Cape Town Office: Physical Address
808 Dumbarton House
Church Street (off Adderley)
Cape Town
8001

Tel: (0)21 423 5026
Fax:(0)21 423 50 46

PO Box 16534
Vlaeberg
8018
Cape Town
South Africa
(021) 788 3973 (h) emergencies only
e-mail zackie@pixie.co.za

November 24-27, 1998: The 3rd Annual Gender Studies Conference (AGSC,98), Tanzania

The conference is organised by the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP). The conference theme for the AGSC '98 will be to Celebrating the Achivements of Social Transformation through Coalition Building and Networking. Click here for more detailed information.

November 25-26, 1998: The 1998 Multi-Purpose Community Resource and Information Centre Conference

MPCC '98
Alex San Multi Purpose Community Centre
Alexander, Gauteng

Conference Secretariat: Tel: (011) 488-5905 Fax: (011) 488-5907
mail: mpcc98@hotmail.com P.O. Box 601, Wits 2050
National Information Telephone Number: 0881 253 355

Introduction

It is expected that 400+ delegates representing over 200 community centres, national and provincial government departments, parastatals, private sector companies, donors, training and information providers will attend this all-important conference on Multi Purpose Community Resource and Information Centres to strengthen the role that MPCC's can play in the Reconstruction and Development of South Africa. The conference resolutions from these community practitioners will provide valuable input into relevant upcoming local/international conferences on community development and to various government departments for their policy and project planning.

Click here for more details.

November 27, 1998... 10am - 1pm: NITF Video-conference

Please circulate this announcement widely

This is a reminder of the the second NITF National Video-conference scheduled for Friday 27 November from 10:00 to 13:00 at all the usual Telkom venues around the country.

We hope we have an interesting and varied line-up for you, including presentations on recent international developments on the e-commerce front, on the recent schools ThinkQuest competition, and on the forthcoming BICA '99 conference.

Please come along yourself, and invite anyone you know who is interested in Information Community issues to join you.

Details of the draft agenda and venues are provided below...

All NITF Video-conferences are open events. NITF Members and any interested parties are welome to attend and participate.

Friday 27 November 1998: 10:00 - 13:00

Draft Agenda

10:00 - 10:05 Welcome and Introduction Stephen Mncube

10:05 - 10:30 The Global Politics and Economics of Electronic Commerce Dr Derrick Cogburn, CISDA

10:30 - 11:00 Questions and discussion

11:00 - 11:20 BICA '99 Conference: Building the Information Community in Africa Paula Middleton, British Council

11:20 - 11:30 MPCC '98 Conference: Report Back Peter Benjamin, Wits University

11:30 - 12:00 Questions and discussion

12:00 - 12:25 ThinkQuest Peter Waker, Vice-President, Computer Society of South Africa

12:25 - 12:55 Questions and discussion

12:55 - 13:00 Closure Charley Lewis

2. Directory of Video-conferencing Venues

Video-conferencing venues for NITF video-conferences are kindly sponsored by Telkom.

Pretoria

Telkom Towers North
Telkom Conference Centre
Media Room, 1st Floor
152 Proes Street
Pretoria

Support: Louise Davis & Thandi Msibi (012) 311 4611

Western Cape

Standard Bank Building
Room 932, 9th Floor
Hertzog Boulevard (c/o Adderley St)
Cape Town

Support: Nawaal Davis (021) 414 4250

Eastern Cape

Telkom House
Video Conference Centre, 5th Floor
Telkom House
Damant Lane
Central Port Elizabeth

Support: Petro Hurter (041) 55 6845 & Lizelle Staats (041) 55 7034

Johannesburg and surrounding areas

Telkom Regional Office
Video Conference Room, Ground Floor
10 Phillips St
Randburg

Support: Rozila Bunting (011) 449 9600

Free State

Telkom Exchange Building
Room 702
Charles Street
Bloemfontein

Support: Maryke Allen (051) 407 2226

KwaZulu Natal

3rd Floor
320 West Street
Durban

Charley Lewis

Deputy Chairperson
National Information Technology Forum

E-mail: charley@cosatu.org.za

Tel: 27 + 11 + 339-4911
fax: 27 + 11 + 339-2281
Snail-mail: Box 1019
Johannesburg
2000
South Africa

Visit the NITF Web Site:
http://www.wn.apc.org/nitf

November 30, 1998... 8.30am - 5pm: National Seminar: Achieving a better life in the 21st Century, an inter-generational dialogue hosted by the Umtapo Centre

Umtapo Centre
P.O Box 2792
Durban 4000
Tel. 031 - 305 3506 Fax. 031 - 301 4030
Email: umtape@hot.co.za

Venue: Tropicana Hotel, Marine Parade, Durban

Registration: by 23/11/98 - limited to fifty persons (if possible, a donation of R100 to cover costs will be appreciated)

Programme:

08h30: Registration and tea
09h00: Welcome and introduction

09h30: Plenary input:
The goals of development: confused with the means ?
A critical review of current debates in South Africa and globally on the trade-off of the social, economic and environmental concerns
Speaker: Dr Molefe Tsele Executive Director, Ecumenical Service for Socio-Economic Transformation (ESSET)

10h00: Plenary discussion

10h30: Plenary input:
Threats to the family and community: What future for the family and what opportunities for intergenerational cooperation in building communities in Africa ?
Speaker: Professor Kwesi Prah (to be confirmed) Director, Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society
Respondent: Buyi Mbambo (to be confirmed)
Project manager: Family Preservation - Inter Ministerial Committee

11h00: Plenary discussion

11h30: Plenary input:
Forging a new social contract between generations enabling young people to meet the dual challenges of contributing to their own development and that of their society
Speaker: Ms Sibongile Mkhabela Director of Projects & Programmes, Office of the Deputy President
Respondent: Representative from AISEC

12h00: Plenary discussion
12h30: Break into commissions (3)

13h00: Lunch

14h00: Commissions
15h00: Tea
15h15: Report-back from commissions
16h45: Final recommendations and closure

November 15-22, 1998: A Training Workshop on Gender Justice and Organisational Transformation, Cape Town

Presented by the African Gender Institute and the School for Public Administration and Management

The main aims of the workshop are to :

1. offer participants an opportunity to develop a more in-depth understanding of the strategic and theoretical frameworks through which gender justice in organisations is approached and
2. strengthen participants' ability to implement appropriate strategies in their own contexts

Click here for more detailed information.

16 November, 1998: Ceasefire Campaign and the Methodist Peace Desk

The Ceasefire Campaign and the Methodist Peace Desk are hosting a public protest workshop against the Dexsa Arms Exhibition: "From Excellence in Destruction to Excellence in Construction - A protest workshop against the Arms Trade"

Date: Monday 16 November 10 am - 2 pm
Venue: Trinity Church Hall, Wits Campus, Jan Smuts Avenue,
Braamfontein

10 h - 12.30 h : Statements by Human Rights Organisations, Peace Building Projects and Individuals

12.30 h - 14 h : Speakers and Press Conference
Jeremy Cronin, Deputy General Secretary of the SACP
Rev Charity Majiza, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches

Context:
Dexsa, the biggest arms trade fair in Africa, is going to be hosted by Armscor from 16 to 21 November at Waterkloof Airbase near Pretoria. The motto of this year's Dexsa is: "Excellence through Experience". Ceasefire, together with Churches and Human Rights groups challenges the legitimacy of Dexsa in the light of the destruction to economies and the suffering imposed on the victims by increasing arms proliferation, particularly in Africa. "Very high on the list of those who profit from war in Africa are international arms merchants".UN General Secretary Kofi Anan

For a programme and more information please contact
the Ceasefire office:
Tel: (011) 4035315
Fax:: (011) 3397863

November 22, 1998: The National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality Recognise our Relationships Rally

The National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality Invites you to a Recognise our Relationships Rally @ St Georges Cathedral on Sunday 22nd November 1998 At 14H00.

The theme for the current period in our work at the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality is "Recognise our Relationships". Legal recognition for lesbian and gay relationships is one of the most important steps on our road to full equality. Non recognition of our relationships hamper our efforts to receive full employment benefits, inheritance rights, immigration rights, child custody and adoption and access to housing and services. To this effect the Coalition has taken up several cases over the past year which deal with these issues. Many of our interventions would not have been necessary had there been legal recognition of lesbian and gay relationships and families.

We call on all Ngo's to support our campaign.

For more information please call
Josie Abrahams on
021-423 5026
or fax 021-423 5046
email - josie@ncgle.org.za

Jennifer Radloff
African Gender Institute, UCT
Tel: +27 21 650 2970
Fax: +27 21 685 2142

E-mail: jradloff@agi.uct.ac.za
http://www.uct.ac.za/org/agi

June-November, 1998: The National Housing Forum Trust and the Interfaith Community Development Association: Joint Seminars

The National Housing Forum Trust and the Interfaith Community Development Association are jointly hosting a series of seminars. The objective of this programme is to promote discussion, extend networking and generate informed opinion on housing and associated issues in the broader community, including the development, professional, government and NGO Sectors.

The monthly discussions will take place between 14h00 and 16h30, at the National Housing Forum Trust, 7th Floor Longsbank Building, 187 Bree Street (between Loveday and Rissik), Johannesburg. The series topics are:

1. Alexandra Revisited?
   Wednesday 17 June 1998 Dave Everatt, CASE Paul Kotze, Koplan Consultant Pauline Morris, Urban Specialist

2. Lessons from Four Years of Housing Delivery: Is Consolidation Happening?
   Wednesday 15 July 1998 Mary Tomlinson, Housing Analyst Mark Napier, CSIR Shelter Unit

3. Social Dynamics in Housing:
   (I) The Role of Community Organizations,
   (ii) Engaging the Policy Process Wednesday 12 August 1998 Kecia Rust, Housing Policy Specialist COPE Representative

4. Reconstructing a National Asset: Stabilizing Inner-City Housing Stock
   Wednesday 16 September 1998 George Palmer, Inner-City Property Owner Councilor Christine Walters, Eastern Metropolitan Council

5. Who Wants to Live in the Inner-City?
   Wednesday 14 October 1998 Mike Oelofse, ICHUT

6. Rental & Social Housing
   Wednesday 11 November 1998 Taffy Adler, Johannesburg Housing Company Neville Chayney, Greater Germiston Council

For more information, please feel free to contact Khadija Richards on 838-2822, or Josie Adler on 082 779 2808.

The Housing Conversations Programme'98, jointly coordinated by the National Housing Forum Trust and the Interfaith Community Development Association, is designed to promote critical debate on housing issues in South Africa.

For more information, please contact the organisors:

Khadija Richards (NHFT)
Tel: (2711)838 2822
Fax: (2711)838 1825
E-Mail: khadija@sn.apc.org

Josie Adler (ICDA)
Tel: 082 779 2808 (2711)339 3473
Fax: (2711)442 7125
E-Mail: adlerd@pixie.co.za

November 2, 1998... 6pm: AZT, Pregnant Mothers, HIV/Aids and The Role Of NGOs

National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality Political Discussion and Seminar

HIV/Aids: - Is AZT Effective in Preventing Mother to Child Transmission and Why Has the Government Stopped Pilot Project's to Determine the Cost Eefectivity?

Studies in Europe, USA and Thailand have found that it is possible to substantially reduce the number of babies born with HIV by administering AZT to a mother in the last trimester of pregnancy. Many health-care workers and mothers with HIV were encouraged by the findings. The Ministry and Department of Health agreed to implement pilot programmes to test the efficacy and feasibility of these findings in South Africa. On 9th October 1998, the Minister of Health announced the cancellation of the pilot programmes.

The Minister of Health's decision to halt the pilot studies on providing AZT to pregnant mothers will impact on all NGOs working in the field of social security and socio-economic rights. This seminar aims to inform NGOs and share views about mother to child transmission

Speakers:

Dr Greg Hussey (Senior Lecturer: University of Cape Town Medical School and paediatrician).

Ms Merci Mkhalamele (NAPWA)

Mr. Pooven Moodley (NACOSA Lobbyist)

Venue: NCGLE Office

NCGLE Political Discussion and Seminar

A monthly discussion forum

The National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality (CT Office) invites you to participate in its monthly Political Discussion and Seminar. The seminar is aimed at making lesbian and gay people and activists aware of broader political issues that affect our society. The discussion will allow us to locate lesbian and gay equality work in the changing political context of South Africa. The seminar is open to all.

The NCGLE invites progressive organisations, thinkers and activists who are not lesbian or gay to address the seminar and to engage lesbian and gay activists on the issues of women's movement, the labour movement, children's rights, economic issues, immigrants, socio economic rights and the tasks of developing constitutional democracy. We also invite you to engage in a dialogue on integrating sexual orientation issues in human rights and development work.

Zackie Achmat

National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality
Cape Town Office: Physical Address
808 Dumbarton House
Church Street (off Adderley)
Cape Town 8001

Tel: (0)21 423 5026
Fax:(0)21 423 50 46

PO Box 16534
Vlaeberg
8018
Cape Town
South Africa
(021) 788 5058 (h) emergencies only
e-mail zackie@pixie.co.za

November 4, 1998... 4pm for 4.30pm: Informal Discussion Group on Lesbian Health Issues with Tamsin Wilton, Cape Town

The Reproductive Health Research Unit, UCT, African Gender Institute, UCT and Triangle Project invite you to an informal discussion group on Lesbian Health Issues with Tamsin Wilton who is visiting from the UK.

Tamsin lectures in Health Studies at the University of West England in Bristol. She is the author of a number of books her most recent being "Good for You: A Handbook on Lesbian Health and Well-being." This book explores issues such as sexual health; pregnancy, birth and parenting; mental and emotional health; ageing; chronic illness and disability; dying and grieving; and how to get the best out of the existing health services.

Venue:
Fiddlewoods Restaurant
Trill Rd, Observatory.

Tea, coffee, cakes and drinks will be available at your own cost.

November 12-15, 1998: German Conference of WomenPhysicists '98 (Deutsche Physikerinnentagung '98), Hamburg, Germany

Kiss The Future! - This is the motto for the Deutsche Physikerinnentagung '98 (German Conference of WomenPhysicists '98), which will take place from November 12th to 15th 1998 in Hamburg.

The conference will provide a forum for scientific discussion among students, scientists, and professors from all areas of physics. Additional topics will include the experience of women physicists working in industry and education.

The aim of the conference is to improve the network of women physicists from different work environments and from all skill levels. Represen- ting the main part of the conference, professional lectures will discuss the various fields in which women physicists are active. In addition, talks, workshops, and round table discussions will deal with the position of women in the workplace, alternative educational concepts such as separate physics classes for boys and girls, and the social framework.

The conference is being organized by women physicists from the University of Hamburg, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), and the Philips Research Laboratory Hamburg. Krista Sager, the deputy mayor of Hamburg, is the protector (dt. Schirmfrau) of the conference. In addition to the invited plenary talks, abstracts for oral or poster presentations will be accepted.

Applications should be addressed to the Tagungsbuero. Appli- cants can obtain the form on line via the conference homepage at http://www.desy.de/,dpt98 More detailed information is also available on this site.

The address for the Tagungsbuero is as follows:
Tagungsbuero der Deutschen Physikerinnentagung '98
Margarete Muehlleitner (Sprecherin)
DESY
Notkestr. 85
D-22607 Hamburg
Tel.: ++49 - 40 - 8998 - 4953
Fax: ++49 - 40 - 8998 - 2777
email: dpt98@mail.desy.de

November 13-14, 1998: Information and Communication Technology Training Course for Women

The Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC), a progressive NGO based in Cape Town will be conducting a two day workshop on basic Internet skills aimed at empowering women from trade union, community organisations and NGOs.

Objectives
The workshop will give women, who are usually excluded from accessing information technology resources, the opportunity to gain Internet skills including:

• e-mail
• World Wide Web
• FTP

The workshop will also assist women in finding relevant gender resources and others that facilitate the empowerment of women. At the end of the workshop the participants will be in a position to communicate more effectively and play a greater role in their own organisations.

The Course
The course brings together both practical hands- on skills with an understanding of the technology and how it works. The training process is driven by the pace of the participants themselves, and individual attention is provided. The course is conducted in as non-threatening way as possible.

Course costs
A very nominal fee of R50.00 is charged for the 2 day workshop. This includes training materials, catering and other refreshments.

For more information contact:
Sibongile Rachel Mafilika
Alternative Information And Development Centre (AIDC)
14 John Street
Mowbray
Cape Town
Tel:(021) 685-1565/6
Fax No:(021) 685-1645
E-Mail: aidc@iafrica.com
Home Page: http://www.aidc.org.za

November 14-15, 1998: Girl Trouble? Another Fabulous Feminist Theory Conference, New Zealand

The Women's And Gender Studies At The University Of Waikato, New Zealand, organisers of the Girl Trouble? Conference would like to invite you to submit papers for this upcoming event. Girl Trouble? is a conference concerned with the critical examination of discourses on girls and young women. These discourses include ideas of girls and girlhood as "troublesome". Notions of girlhood, the social construction of life stages and other issues relevant to feminist theory, girls and young women will be examined. Of interest are areas such as friendship, the body, ethnicity, sexuality, and dilemmas around female roles and representations.

Click here for more information.

October 21-23, 1998: UNESCO Regional Forum Women Science and Technology y Latin America, Bariloche, Argentina

This is one of the five Forums UNESCO is developing this year with the aims of having a picture of:

• Women's participation and contribution to science and technology in each region of the world.
• Elaborate recommendation to inform the Global Congress on Science to be held in Budapest, 1999.

Around 250 participants (researchers, teachers, policy makers entrepreneurs, university students, journalist and M.P.) from all countries in Latin America will attend this Forum.

7 panels, working groups and presentation of papers will take place.

We are very much interested in having contacts with institutions and organizations working in this field in order to start exchange of information and future cooperation. Please let us know about the work you are doing.

Hoping to receive your news soon, I remain cordially yours

Gloria Bonder

CEM - Centro de Estudios de la Mujer
Buenos Aires - Argentina
Internet: cem@cembue.cci.org.ar
cem@cembue.wamani.apc.org

October 22-27, 1998: 2nd International Conference on Women in Africa & the African Diaspora (WAAD)

Theme: Women In Africa & The African Diaspora: Health & Human Rights, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

CONTACT: Obioma Nnaemeka,
Convenor, Second WAAD Conference,
French & Women's Studies,
Indiana University,
425 University Boulevard,
Indianapolis, IN 46202.
Phone: (317) 278-2038 or (317) 274-0062 (messages),
fax:(317) 274-2347,
e-mail: nnaemeka@iupui.edu
web site: http://www.iupui.edu/~aaws/

October 23, 1998... 6.30-7.30pm: Free Self Defence Course For Women

Seido South Africa will launch its free self defence program for women.

Classes take place at the Dojo - 90 Jason Str, Mayfair West. The course will run for a period of 6 weeks ending on November 27, 1998

Call now to reserve your place as only a limited number of people can be accomodated. Call 837 5970/4

Please wear comfortable clothing that you are able to move in. For more information contact Shihan Solly Seid - 837 5970/4 or Julie Timm - 083 274 8624

October 27, 1998... 12-1pm: Unisa Institute for Gender Studies High Noon Seminar: "Strong objectivity: a basis for Gender Studies"

Prof Jeanette Malherbe

Venue: Theo van Wijk Building, Room 8-94

For more information contact Jennifer Lemon (429 6325) or Jeanette Malherbe (429 6207).

October 23, 1998... 12.30-2pm: Should Sex-work Be Decriminalised? Commission on Gender Equality Gender Dialogue

Earlier this year a process to decriminalise sexwork in the Gauteng region, which began in 1996, was sharply halted. Views on the issue are polarised and heated, as issues of morality and religion collide with those of human rights and the need to intervene in a growing HIV / AIDS epidemic. What is your view?

Join us at the Commission on Gender Equality's Gender Dialogue on The Decriminalisation of Sexwork.

Refreshments will be served at 12pm

Venue: CGE Offices, 23 Jorissen Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg

RSVP with Seipati Modisane at (011) 403 7182

For more information contact Chloe Hardy at (011) 403 7182

October 22, 1998... 5.30pm: Launch of South Africa's 'Discarded People': survival, adaptation and current policy challenges

The Centre for Development and Enterprise invites you to the launch of its latest publication.

Displaced urban areas such as Botshabelo and Winterveld are not towns in the conventional sense; they lack the commercial, industrial and other economic activities ordinarily associated with urban development ... Nationwide these areas probably contain some four million people, or about 10% of the South African population ?

Venue: Parktonian Hotel, 120 De Korte Street, Braamfontein

The report is CDE's ninth research study and follows previous ground-breaking reports on migration and the city of Pretoria. The publication will be introduced by CDE executive director Ann Bernstein and Professor Jeff McCarthy of the Graduate School of Business, University of Durban Westville

M S R Maharaj, Minister of Transport, will respond.

RSVP and for further information, please contact
Ireen Spicer, CDE media liaison, tel & fax (011) 447 1462
083 266 9301, email spicy@icon.co.za

September 29 -October 10, 1998: A Woman Alone… Downstairs at the Wits Theatre

A Woman Alone… by Dario Fo
(recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature) and Franca Rame

Directed by Esra Hizal

A trilogy of one women plays

• A Woman Alone: a woman as a prisoner in her own home looking for a way out.

• I Am Ulrike - Screaming. A short piece on Ulrike Meinhoff, of the infamous Bader Meinhoff gang.

• Rise And Shine: a woman goes about the usual drudgery of her boring housework before realising that it is a holiday…

Downstairs at the Wits Theatre
29 September - 10 October 1998
WITSTIX (Pay what you can)
29 September, 6 October 8pm

Ticket prices: R5.50 for groups of 10 or more

Street Address:

Performing Arts Administration
Wits Theatre
Corner Station & Jorissen Street
Braamfontein
2018
Safe, secure parking in Senate House

Block Bookings Or Production Information:

Contact our Audience Development Officer, Cathy Pisanti
(tel) 011 - 716 - 4422 or
(fax) 011 - 339 - 1502 or
e-mail 164paa@muse.arts.wits.ac.za

October 8, 1998... 2-5pm: Meeting to discuss the sixteen-day campaign on International No Violence Against Women Day

Venue: Union Buildings, Pretoria

The National Action Plan to Improve the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (NAP) Co-ordinating Committee, chaired by the Deputy Minister of Justice, in conjunction with Office of the Status of Women and The Commission on Gender Equality invite you to attend a meeting to discuss the campaign on International No Violence Against Women Day.

The day is observed through sixteen days of activism, beginning on 25 November and leading up to the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the 10th December. The organising committee propose that the SADC Declaration on the Prevention of Violence Against Women form the centrepiece for guiding the activities of the campaign.

The meeting on 8th October aims to discuss the campaign and areas of co-operation to ensure that we work together to address this serious violation of human rights that is so prevalent in our society.

RSVP: Jenny Parsley at (011) 484 8300 by Monday 6th October.

October 9, 1998... 2pm: Operation Hunger AGM

Venue: Auden House, 68 De Korte Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg.

Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Minister of Welfare is the guest speaker at 15h00. Come and hear the latest plans in the welfare development.

Please phone 403-6750 for more details.

October 2-4, 1998:Discipline and Deviance: Genders, Technologies, Machines

A Conference at Duke University

CALL FOR PAPERS
Please send 300 word abstracts by May 30 1998 to:
Susan Brook or Alanna Thain
The Literature Program
Art Museum 104
Box 90670
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0670

Email: smb7@acpub.duke.edu, athain@acpub.duke.edu

October 5, 1998... 5.30pm: Talk and slide presentation by Maxine Wolfe of the Lesbian Herstory Archives based in Brooklyn, New York

The African Gender Institute and the Triangle Project invite you to a talk and slide presentation by Maxine Wolfe of the Lesbian Herstory Archives based in Brooklyn, New York.

The Lesbian Herstory Archives have promoted their work through a simple but very effective tool - a slide show that has travelled across the United States of America. The show, has been presented at community events and in private homes, and has brought the idea of the archives alive to thousands of people.

Venue: Classroom 2A, Education Building, Stanley Rd, University of Cape Town

For further details contact either Jenny Radloff
ph: (021)650 2970/ e-mail: jradloff@agi.uct.ac.za or
Nicci Stein, Triangle Project ph: (021) 448-3812 \ e-mail: triangle@icon.co.za

September 28 -October 2, 1998: University of Natal, Sexual Orientation Committee: Gay and Lesbian Focus Week

The programme of events includes video screenings, a talk by Fred Torien, a display in the EG Malherbe Library, as well as an attitude survey conducted by the Student Counselling Centre.

Programme

28 September - 2 October
Gay And Lesbian Display
Books, Magazines, Posters, Placards, T-Shirts etc.
Venue: Foyer, EG Malherbe Library

29 September
Talk By Fred Torien
Topic: How do I respond to people who are gay?
Time: 12h10 - 13h05
Venue: Shepstone 17

30 September
Video Screening: "Priest"
Time: 12h15 - 14h00
Venue: Malherbe Library Conference Room (ground floor)

1 October
University Forum
Speaker: ShriHari Das (International Society for Krisha Consciousness, SA)
Topic: Krishna Consciousness and Homosexuality ?
Time: 12h15 - 13h05
Venue: Shepstone 1

2 October
Video Screening: 'The Sum of Us'
Time: 12h15 - 14h00
Venue: Malherbe Library Conference Room (ground floor)

Come and participate whether you are straight or gay! Fill out the attitude survey in the library! Get talking!

"Neither the state nor any person may unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against any one on one ore more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth."
(Section 9, Bill of Rights of South Africa)

July 20-September 21, 1998: Documenting Women's Experiences of Armed Conflict as a Tool for Advocacy and Redress, Isis-WICCE Exchange Workshop, Kampala, Uganda

Isis-Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange, based in Kampala, Uganda,will begin the workshop with a 2-3 weeks training period in documentation skills. This workshop will differ from previous ones, in that participants will return to their own countries rather than to other countries to document women's experiences of armed conflict. During the final session in Kampala, participants' work with video, film, slides, audio tapes, booklets, articles, etc, will be produced and disseminated. The workshop dates may also be moved back, so please contact Jessica at Isis-WICCE for an update.

Participants should:

1. Be from a national level NGO or its equivalent, with a networking capacity;
2. Be working in an area of women's human rights;
3. Have good communication skills;
4. Be nominated by their group/association/NGO, with a clear commitment by the group to participate in follow-up activities.

Most of the work will be in English, although all efforts will be made to ensure translation facilities are available for speakers of French and Spanish.

Contact: Jessica Nkuuhe, Exchange Programme
Coordinator/Isis-WICCE, P.O. Box 4934 Kampala, Uganda.
Tel: (256-41) 26-60-07/8.
Fax: (256-41) 26-86-76.
E-mail: isis@starcom.co.ug

September 5-19, 1998: World Conference on Family Violence

INDIA AND THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON FAMILY VIOLENCE:
Attend the World Conference on Family Violence, an unprecedented international assembly of government, NGOs, and professional organizations, which will thrust domestic violence to the forefront of the human rights agenda. After the conference, the group will travel from New Delhi to Ahemedabad, meeting with numerous grassroots organizations and projects, to explore women's roles and their struggle for empowerment in today's Indian society.

Global Exchange, a non-profit research, education and action center dedicated to promoting social, economic and political justice around the globe through grassroots activism, will organize a women's delegation to India to participate in the World Conference On Family Violence. Practitioners from around the world will gather to share functioning programs that have successfully addressed family violence in their communities. Keynote speakers include First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Queen Noor of Jordan, South African President Nelson Mandela, and former Irish President and current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson.

World Conference on Family Violence - Mission Statement
The goal of the World Conference on Family Violence is to focus on practical, sustainable solutions that can be implemented in different cultures to stem the growing trend of family violence. The Conference will address the continuum of violence by encompassing the interdependent relationship of child, intimate partner, and elder. Thousands of social workers, elected and government officials, advocates, educators, religious leaders and legal and medical professionals from around the world are expected to attend. Conference attendees will exchange information about the long-term implications of family violence. Most conference work will focus on identifying and developing implementable alternatives to fear and violence in families. Practitioners will exchange information on how to intervene in potentially dangerous situations, and provide support for families through courts, workplaces, social networks, schools, churches, support groups, the health care system and local government.

Program Highlights:

• Participate in the World Conference on Family Violence, which aims to share a world-side solution to eliminate domestic violence among delegates from all around the world.
• Travel from New Delhi to Ahemedabad, Meet with grassroots organizations workng on various community development projects. Explore women's empowerment issues in Indian society.
• Travel to Dilwara Temples, a complex of marble temples built in the 12-13 centuries which represent the excellence achieved by architects and artists of that time.
• Explore Indian arts, culture, music and religions.

Cost of the trip is $2200, pending the final itinerary. This price includes the following:

• Conference registration fee and participation.
• Two meals per day.
• Double-room accommodations (single rooms can be arranged for an additional $300.)
• All transportation within India.
• Program and seminar activities
• A full-time trip leader and guides
• Reading materials
• Translation as necessary
• Personal meetings to suit your particular interest (as available)

How to apply:
Please send your application and non-refundable deposit of $200 by August
1. A late fee of $50 will apply to late applications. Payments by MasterCard or Visa are welcome.

This delegation will be as diverse as possible in terms of race, age, and life experiences. We strongly urge people of color to apply. A limited number of partial scholarship are available for qualified low-income participants.

For more information and application forms, please contact:
Global Exchange
Attn.: Shirabe Yamada
2017 Mission Street, #303
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: 415-255-7296 or 800-497-1994, x242
Fax: 415-255-7498
E-mail: shirabe@globalexchange.org
web site: www.globalexchange.org Web: http://www.wcfv.org/main.asp

September 6-24, 1998: Gender, Citizenship and Good Governance: Training Workshop, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Sponsored by the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), this workshop aims at activists, researchers and policy makers active in the field of gender and development, enabling them to better apply analytical tools and strategies to ensure that gender equity and equality is prioritized in the governance agenda.

Deadline for applications is July 20, 1998.

Contact
Dr. Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay,
Senior Gender Advisor, Women, Gender and Development Programme,
KIT, P.O. Box 95001, 1090 HA
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Tel: (31-20) 5688-711.
Fax: (30-20) 5688-434.
E-mail: ibd@support.nl

September 10-19, 1998: A Doll's House by Ibsen directed by Suzanne Buist

Downstairs Theatre
WITSTIX (Pay what you can) 8 September 8pm

Is there anything more degrading to woman than to live with a stranger, and bear him children? Yet, the lie of the marriage institution decrees that she shall continue to do so, and the social conception of duty insists that for the sake of that lie she need be nothing else other than a plaything, a doll, a nonentity.

Street Address:
Performing Arts Administration
Wits Theatre
Corner Station & Jorissen Street
Braamfontein
2018

Safe, secure parking in Senate House

BLOCK BOOKINGS or PRODUCTION INFORMATION:

Contact our Audience Development Officer, Cathy Pisanti
(tel) 011 - 716 - 4422 or
(fax) 011 - 339 - 1502 or
e-mail 164paa@muse.arts.wits.ac.za

September 11, 1998... 2.3Opm: Seminar on Human Rights and Women's Health

You are invited to attend a Seminar

In: Seminar 2, Department of Community Health
Anatomy Building, UCT Medical School

The Speaker: Dr Beth Bowen

Beth Bowen is a human rights activist with an interset in Women's Health. She is clinically active in family medicine in the US. In addition she is involved in the promotion of world health through work for WHO, UNICEF, Health for Humanity, and other NGO forums. She has travelled extensively through 50 countries providing expertise in areas such as women's health and human rights, and family violence. She served as President of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) in 1993. Prior to her visit to Cape Town she will attend the Regional Meeting of 46 African Ministers of Health, sponsored by WHO in Harare. On leaving SA she will attend the Expert Group Working Meeting on Women's Health to be held in Tunisia 28 September to 4 October.

Dr Bowen will be sharing her experiences during our meeting.

September 17-20, 1998: Exhibit at NGO Week 98!

Showcase your activities or services to 400 delegates at NGO Week 98. This is your last chance to book a stall - NGO Week is only two weeks away!

Venue: The Ritz Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
Cost: R1200,00 (members), R1600,00 (non-members).
Includes: 3 x 2 m, table, cloth and chairs. Lunch for one person on each day.

Enquiries: Nigel Ward, Framework
Tel: (+27) (11) 885 2628
Fax: (+27) (11) 440 9072
E-mail: framework@iafrica.com

August 30-September 5, 1998: Making Democracy Work: Strategies for Empowering Women in Political and Public Life, Glasgow, Scotland

Sponsored by the British Council, this seminar will be of interest to all those working within NGOs, political parties, trade unions and government departments who have responsibility for or an interest in encouraging more women into decision-making and public life. Early application is advised as places are limited.

Contact:
International Seminars,
The British Council,
1 Beaumont Place, Oxford OX1-2PJ, UK.
Tel: (44-1865)31-66-36.
Fax: (44-1865)55-73-68.
E-mail: international.seminars@britcoun.org

September 1-2, 1998: Women In Business Conference

Venue: Rosebank Hotel

Day One

• Profiling Yourself, Assertiveness, Career Changes and Dealing with Change - Chante Hinds
• The Intrepreneurial Spirit of Females - Dr Renate Volpe
• Fashion show compered by Jo Borkett
• Networking, Strategic Alliances and Partnerships - Anita Noyes - Smith
• Self-Defence Life Skills - Jeanette Schoultz
• Cheese and Wine Cocktail for networking

Day Two

• Violence Against Women and the Workplace - Lisa Vetten
• Availability and Accessiblity of Finance and Suitable Investment for Women - Elaine Slot
• Emotional Intelligence - Brian Zuk
• Enriching Your Sexuality - Judy Alter
• Image Enhancement though Haircare - Alida Blignaut
• The Power of the Voice - Carol Francis
• Social Excellence - Tertia Borgelt
• Cordon Boer Op Toer - Lochner de Kock

For more information, contact Ruth Leveson, ruth@ipm.co.za

September 6-10, 1998: National Conference on Witchcraft Violence

The Commission on Gender Equality will host the first national conference on Witchcraft Violence from the 6th to 10th September in the Northern Province. The conference will bring together Traditional Healers, the SAPS, Youth, Victims, Traditional Leaders, Community Representatives and government toward the eradication of violence associated with witchcraft.

The conference follows intensive investigations, by the Commission, into witchcraft related violence in the Northern Province. CGE Commissioner, Pinkie Mbowane, notes the findings of the Ralushai Commission which indicate that the majority of victims are elderly people between the ages of 55 and 72, "Women are frequently accused of witchcraft in this region and are subsequently faced with death, injury or exclusion from their communities. This violence must be stopped", says Commissioner Mbowane.

Political Decision-makers

Key political figures have confirmed their attendance at the National Conference on Witchcraft Violence. They include Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (Pres. ANC Women's League), Premier Ngoako Ramathlodi and Deputy Min. Dr. Manto Msimang-Tshabalala. Other delegates are Dr. Barney Pityana (Chair, Human Rights Commission), Credo Muthwa, Chief Mzimela (IFP), Bantu Holomisa (UDM), Dr. Stanley Mogoba (PAC) and Selby Baqwa (Public Protector).

Media Accommodation

Limited accommodation is available for journalists covering the conference. Reservations should be made with Valerie Carelse at (011) 403 7182.

For more information call Kubeshni Govender on 083 273 8428 or (011) 403 7182.

September 7, 1998... 12.30-2pm: Invitation - Firearm Feminism - Women And Gun Culture

Arms Control & Disarmament Project

Gun Free South Africa and the Ceasefire Campaign invite you to one of a series of public seminars on arms control and disarmament

Gun producers and their lobby are increasingly and successfully targeting women as a promising market. "There is an increasing world-wide incorporation of women into a gun culture, into a privatised militarisation, a kind of firearm feminism." (Prof Jacky Cock)

What are the implications for feminism and South Africa's gun culture?

Speaker:
Lisa Vetten,
Gender Co-ordinator
at the Centre for Study of Violence and Reconciliation

Venue:
Trinity House, Jan Smuts Avenue
(next to Trinity Catholic Church)
Braamfontein
(Public Parking is available at Braamfontein Centre)

R.S.V.P. to Gun Free South Africa :
Fax (011) 403 4596 phone (011) 403 4590

or Ceasefire Campaign :
Fax (011) 339 7863 phone (011) 403 5315
e-mail: stopwar@sn.apc.org

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Organisation:

Phone:

Fax:

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August 6-20, 1998: African Gender Institute, UCT and NICRO, Western Cape Seminars

The African Gender Institute, UCT and NICRO, Western Cape are hosting three seminars on:

Sexual Harassment In The Workplace: What does it mean for you as employer or employee?

August 6th: 5.00 for 5.30-7.00 p.m.
Seminar One: Sexual Harassment and the Law in South Africa
Mamphela Ramphele, Vice Chancellor, UCT: Introduction
Marleen Potgieter, Labour Attorney, Mallinicks

August 13th: 5.00 for 5.30-7.00p.m.
Seminar Two: Developing Company/Organizational Policy on Sexual Harassment
Ilze Olkers, Independent Legal and Gender Consultant
Clive Moore, Administration and Policy Officer, BP SA (Pty) Ltd

August 20th: 5.00 for 5.30-7.00 p.m.
Seminar Three: Psycho-Social and Economic Effects of Sexual Harassment on Workers and Companies/Organizations
Jane Bennett, Acting Director, African Gender Institute
Patricia Khumalo, Consultant, researcher, and trainer, Sexual Harassment Education Project

Place:
UCT Graduate School of Business,
Portswood Road, Waterfront.
Lecture Room 2;
follow the signs.

Cost:
R100 per seminar/R250 for all three.
A small number of seats will be available at a reduced rate

Pre-Registration:
If desired, places can be preregistered by telephoning
NICRO Women's Support Centre 221690,
or faxing your intention to attend: 246889

Queries:
If you have any questions about the seminar series, contact
Jane Bennett, at the African Gender Institute:
ph: 650-2970
email: jbennett@agi.uct.ac.za

August 18, 1998... 2-4.30pm: Women's Week Reportback and Evaluation Meeting

The Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) invites you to a special Women's Week Reportback and Evaluation meeting. Attendance of this feedback deliberation is important, so we can build on our experiences for the future.

Venue:
CGE Offices
23 Jorrissen Street
10 Floor Braamfontein Centre
Braamfontein

Please RSVP with Seipati Modisane at (011) 403-7182

For more information please contact Sakina Mohamed at (011) 403-7182.

August 22-26, 1998: Know-How Conference on the World of women's Information – Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ENQUIRIES: Know How c/o IIAV
Tel: (+31) (20) 665-0820
Fax: (+31) (20) 665-5812
E-mail: knowhow@iiav.nl WWW: http://www.iiav.nl

August 23-29, 1998: 7th World Conference of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), Milan, Italy

"Communication as a Human Right" is the central theme of AMARC 7, the 7th World Conference of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC). The discussion topics include:

1. Community Media in the Mediterranean region;
2. Women's Participation in the Broadcast Industry;
3. Community Media and Human Rights;
4. Reinforcing the Right to Communicate;
5. Media, Tolerance and Cultural Diversity;
6. Accessing New Technologies.

The Conference agenda also includes regional meetings and a General Assembly of all AMARC members.

For additional information, consult AMARC World Web site at www.amarc.org. To register or obtain further information, write to AMARC international secretariat at amarcho@amarc.org.

25 - 27 August 1998, 1998: Institute for the Study of Leadership and Authority: Conference on Gender, Leadership and Authority

The conference is hosted by the Institute for the Study of Leadership and Authority (ISLA), in South Africa.

What the conference is about
The conference is designed as an educational event and provides opportunities for learning. To provide opportunities to study the exercise of authority through the interpersonal, inter-group and institutional relations that develop within the conference organisation. To provide opportunities for men and women to explore how they exercise leadership, followership and authority. Why should you attend?

• To develop an enhanced understanding of the effect group processes has on men and women, leadership and authority.
• To increase the ability to understand and manage the consequences of decisions made in positions of leadership.
• To enable people with diverse backgrounds to explore and manage their differences in order to work together to achieve common goals.
• To become more aware of the responsibility of making choices and the consequences which result.
• To identify how ways of interacting at work affect productivity.
• To increase awareness of hidden agendas. Best strategies are hampered by hidden agendas.
• To discover about promoting teamwork within teams and interdenpendence between teams.

Conference Director Dr. Linda Powell, PhD, Lecturer in Education, Havard University USA

Dates: 25 August - 27 August 1998

Time: 09:00 - 18:00 (08:00 - 09:00 registration on the first day)

Venue: Vista University - Port Elizabeth

Fees: R500.00 ISLA members
R650.00 NGO's and others
R900.00 Businesses and Industries
(inclusive of teas and lunches)

Further Information:
The Administrator
Mr. Wout Offerman
34 Zareba Street
Central
Tel: 041 332565
Fax: 041 332565 or 305822
Conference is limited to 45 participants. Full attendance is essential.

June-August, 1998: Business and Professional Women's Club, Pretoria, functions

Please diarise the following dates for 1998:

18 June 1998: Joint function with JONG DAMES DINAMIEK
Speaker: Janine Mc Curdie
Venue: C S I R (Pretoria) - Foodtek Board Room
Building 20 - Meiring Naude Rd
Brummeria, PRETORIA
Time: 19h00 for 19h30

02 July 1998: A night at the theatre:Birmingham Royal Ballet's performance of Far from the Madding Crowd.
Venue: Opera, The State Theatre, Pretoria
R.S.V.P. by 30 May 1998
R140-00 per ticket

16 July 1998: Informal function for new members
Details to follow!

20 August 1998: Annual General Meeting
Venue: C S I R (Pretoria) - Foodtek Board Room
Building 20 - Meiring Naude Rd
Brummeria, PRETORIA
Time: 19h00 for 19h30
28 October 1998 GOLD AWARDS
Venue: Indaba Hotel - Witkoppen
Details to follow!!!

For more information, contact Tina Panayi-Koukis - 083 601 2147

August 11-14, 1998: Documenting Women's Human Rights Training Programme

Four-day Documentation Training Programme

The Nisaa Institute for Women's Development is organising a documentation workshop on women's human rights violations. The rationale for holding the workshop is:

• to expose human rights abuses that women suffer.
• to seek accountability from human rights bodies and the state.
• to secure remedies.
• to plan effective advocacy strategies.

The workshop is planned over a period of four days and will cover:

• The importance of documentation
• Types of documentation
• Exploring leading women's human rights issues.
• The examination of critical human rights instruments and mechanisms.
• Setting documentation objectives.
• Practical exploration of the human rights approach, solution and demands.
• Developing several types of documentation methodology
• The importance of advocacy and it's various strategies.
• Developing suitable advocacy strategies

The workshop will be conducted by La Shawn R Jefferson from Human Rights Watch based in Washington DC.

The workshop is open to activists working in the field of women's rights. A limited number of people will be able to attend, so please indicate your interest as soon as possible. Conference material, teas and lunch are included in the cost.

Venue: Technikon RSA
No. 2 Vinton Road
Ormonde
Time: 9:30am-4:30pm
Cost: R1000 per person

Contact person: Fatima Shaik
Tel.: 854 5804/5
Fax.: 854 5718
Email: shaik@nisaa.org.za

August 11-14, 1998: Cape Town Gender Week

The City of Cape Town will be hosting a Gender Week from 11-14 August 1998.

The themes are:

• Gender and Violence
• Gender and Health
• Gender and Empowerment
• Gender and Governance

Activities will include panel discussions on key topics and artistic performances. Organisations doing gender-related work are invited to exhibit their materials and advertise their services by booking a display stall. No costs are involved.

For further information, please contact Joy Watson on 400-2300.

August 12, 1998... 2-4.30pm: Social Dynamics in Housing: Seminar

The National Housing Forum Trust and the Interfaith Community Development Association invites you to this, the third, seminar in our Housing Conversations Programme 1998. Please also find below the Programme for the remainder of this year.

Social Dynamics in Housing:
(i) The Role of Community Organisations,
(ii) Engaging the Policy Process

Speakers:
James Maluleki
Development Coordinator, COPE Affordable Housing

Kecia Rust
Housing Policy Specialist

Venue:
National Housing Forum Trust,
7th Floor Longsbank Building,
187 Bree Street (between Loveday and Rissik), Johannesburg

RSVP:
Reply to Khadija by e-mail on khadija@sn.apc.org, or
fax to Benedicta Likotsi on (011) 838 1825.

You may wish to call us on 838 2822

August 12, 1998... 10am-1pm: Public Hearing on Sexual Harassment: Invitation

"It's your right to say No - Sexual harassment is not part of your job"

To celebrate National Women's Day, the Sexual Harassment Education Project (SHEP) invites you to a public hearing where survivors of sexual harassment will give testimony on their experiences.

SHEP would like to dedicate this day to all those brave women who lost their jobs challenging sexual harassment in the workplace. We want to salute those women who successfully fought and continuously fight sexual harassment in the workplace. We call upon all those women who have suffered in silence to break the silence.

Venue:
Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council
Metropolitan Centre
158 Loveday Street
Braamfontein

Public parking is available. Parking entrance is in the building at A level parking area.

RSVP:
Patricia/Tshidi on (011) 403-0541 (tel) or (011) 403-7535 (fax)

August 12, 1998... 8.15am-4.30pm: Seminar on HIV/AIDS and Violence Against Women

The AIDS Law Project, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, at the University of Witwatersrand, and Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre to end violence against women, will be hosting a seminar entitled "HIV/AIDS and Violence Against Women".

The aim of the seminar is three fold: to inform organisations about how HIV impacts on violence against women, particularly rape, what government is doing about HIV epidemic and how civil society and the government can help women who are HIV. It is hoped that organisations who attend will take back some of the recommendations to their clients.

The seminar will take place on 12 August 1998 in celebration of national Women's Day, at the Commission on Gender (CGE) offices - 10th floor Braamfontein Centre, 23 Jorrissen Street, Braamfontein, for 8:15 - 4:30. A scrumptuous lunch will be provided.

For more information please contact Ruth van der Vindt at (011) 403 6918.

We look forward to seeing you there.

August 17, 1998... 7-9pm: Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health - the ICPD and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

You are cordially invited to a public lecture hosted by PPASA (Planned Parenthood Association of South Africa) and the Department of Health.

College of Medicine Foyer
27 Rhodes Avenue, Parktown

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Carmel Shalev
Expert Member, UN Committee on CEDAW

Refreshments and hors d'oevres will be served.
RSVP to Rosinah, tel (011) 482-4601, fax (011) 482-4602

August 8, 1998: Nisaa Institute for Women's Development Fundraising Dinner

In an effort to raise further funds for the improvement of our shelter service, we have planned a fundraising dinner and dance (R350 per person) to be held on the 8th August 1998, at the Park Hyatt Hotel. The event promises to be exhilarating , with live entertainment, dinner and dancing. Should you wish to purchase a ticket/s or contribute towards sponsorship of the Event, please feel free to contact Nisaa at 854-5804/5.

The Nisaa Institute for Women's Development is a non-profit, community based organisation that offers services to abused women and their children as well as to survivors of rape. The organisation was founded in 1994 and offers the following services: Counselling (face to face, telephonic and emergency beeper services), a crisis shelter service, training, public awareness and education, research and publications (support services). In addition to our main office in Lenasia, Nisaa has recently opened offices in Orange Farm and Soweto.

Women often seek emergency sheltering when the abuse has become intolerable and their lives are endangered by violence at the hands of their intimate partners. Men often threaten to kill their partners and do just that. In South Africa one women is killed every six days by her partner.

Nisaa offers a crisis shelter service in conjunction with a 24 hour emergency beeper service. The shelter is able to house 24 abuse women and their children. It is the only shelter that is able to offer immediate accommodation to women needing shelter since there is no waiting list. At the shelter both the women and children receive counselling. The children receive play therapy as well as psycho-motor stimulation. A child-care worker is available to provide a contained environment for the children on a daily basis which provides safe continuity in their lives. Counselling has enabled the children to vent their feelings and allow them to cope with the necessary changes in their lives.

While most of Nisaa's funding comes from international donor agencies, our primary funder requests that we raise at least 10% of our total budget. Our current self-sustainability plan includes sales of our award winning posters as well as T-shirts, buttons, bumper stickers, and publications. We also offer training and consultancy services to other organisations working in this sector.

August 7, 1998... 9am: Masimanyane Women's Support Centre launch of a satellite office at Scenery Park

Masimanyane Women's Support Centre is proud to invite you to the launch of a satellite office which has been established at Scenery Park. This office is the third project of Masimanyane's Community Outreach programme.

This office will provide counselling to victims of rape, battery and domestic violence and it will provide legal advice and public education programmes.

We will celebrate national Women's day after the launch with a small reception to which we would like to invite you.

Venue: Baptist Church Road, Scenery Park

Directions to venue:

1. From Mdantsane
Proceed along the Mdantsane Access Road towards East London until you reach the turn off to Amalinda. At Woolwash Road turn left. Proceed straight past the sign which indicates the road to Scenery Park.

2. From Amalinda
Turn into Woolwash Road from Amalinda Main Road. Proceed straight past the sign which indicates the road to Scenery Park.

3. From East London
Proceed from Buffalo Street across Park Avenue and St John's Road, towards Mdantsane. The route is known as the m3w. You will pass the traffic department and thereafter three sets of robots. After the third set of robots, proceed straight until you have passed the houses which are to be found on either side of the road. At the T junction turn right towards Amalinda. At Woolwash Road turn left and proceed past the sign which indicates the road to Scenery Park.

From the Scenery Park sign proceed along the road for a further 2,5 kilometers until you reach a red sign indicating Rooi's Dealership. Turn left and proceed for approximately 100 meters and turn to the right and immediately right again. Thereafter turn left. You are now at the Baptist Church.

Programme

9:00am  Opening Hymn & Prayer (by Captain Strydom)

9:10am   Introductory Remarks (by MPL Ms Sally Ngodi)

9:15am   Welcome of Guests ( Mrs Nazo )

9:20am   Item by Traditional Dancers (Mbulelo Primary School)

9:30am   Address (Regional Representative of the Justice Ministry Mr Nqadala)

9:55am  Speaker for the Department of Health ( Dr Stamper)

10:00am  Drama Portraying VAW (Ubuntu Women's Support Centre - Peddie)

10:55am   Address plus Poster Launch (Masimanyane Clinical Manager - Dr E. Musaba and Mr Mbulawa - Department of Health)

11:00am   Traditional Dancers (Mbulelo Primary School)

11:30am  Vote of Thanks (Sister Ndileka Sikobi)

11:45am  Closure (Masimanyane's Executive Director - Ms L.A. Foster)

12:00pm   Lunch

(The names of the contributors are still to be confirmed)

For more information contact Dr Musaba or Ms Keisha Lewis
Phone no: 0431-439169
Fax : 0431-439176

August 1 - 8, 1998: Zimbabwe International Book Fair, ZIBF98

ZIBF98 is the largest and most diverse exhibition of books, magazines and journals in sub-Saharan Africa (including South Africa). A vital meeting place for the literary cultures of North and South and a viable marketplace for books to, from, for and about Africa, the ZIBF is held annually during the first week of August in a unique ethnic garden exhibition centre in downtown Harare. The first three days of the Book Fair will be set aside for pre-Book Fair conferences and seminars. Exhibitors will set up their stands on Monday 3 August. Tuesday 4, Wednesday 5 and the morning of Thursday 6 August will be set aside for Traders only to allow plenty of time for business negotiations with teachers, librarians, booksellers and trade and professional visitors from around the world who attend ZIBF in increasing numbers every year. The Fair will be open to the public on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 August. Exhibitors are encouraged to take up the "Children" theme but material of a general nature is also most welcome. A diverse programme of seminars and workshops for publishers, librarians, academics, writers, teachers and booksellers will be arranged to coincide with the Fair.
email: zibf@samara.co.zw
web: http://www.mediazw.com/zibf

August 5, 1998: Launch of the Parliamentary Monitoring Group Website

The launch of the Parliamentary Monitoring Group Website takes place on Wednesday, 5 August 1998 in the Rain Forest Room at 120 Plein Street Cape Town.

The website, running since the beginning of 1998, covers in detail what is discussed in parliamentary committees and makes available the briefing documents, reports, submissions and proposed amendments that are released at meetings.

View the website at http://www.pmg.org.za

RSVP Jill Claassen at 021 241816

Parliamentary Monitoring Group
Email: info@pmg.org.za
Website: http://www.pmg.org.za
302 Westminster House
122 Longmarket Street
Cape Town 8001
(021) 241816
Fax: (021) 241814

July 31, 1998... 8.30 for 9.00am: British Council Breakfast Event: "Women, Men, Democracy and Governance"

The British Council requests the pleasure of your company at a breakfast event

"Women, Men, Democracy and Governance"

to mark National Women's Day The keynote speaker will be Phumelele Ntombela-Nzimande, the Chairperson of the Commission on Gender Equality.

There will also be an exhibition of gender specific posters, books, videos, and other multi media resources including hands on access to our collection of CD Roms, and the World Wide Web. Information Staff will be available to assist you.

The event will take place at
The British Council Information Centre
Ground Floor, 76 Juta Street Braamfontein Johannesburg
on Friday 31 July 1998, at 8h30 for 9h00 am

Please RSVP to Andrea Radomsky
Tel 011 403 3316
Fax 011 339 3715
or email andrea.radomsky@britcoun.org.za

July 31, 1998: FXI Open Democracy Bill Seminar

Sunnyside Park Hotel, Parktown

The latest draft of the Open Democracy Bill is in its final lap. It has now been tabled in Parliament and the public is once again being asked to comment on it - in fact comments must be in by 10 August. The Bill, as it currently stands, is limited in certain respects.

Firstly, it does not fully give effect to the second half of the right of access to information clause in the Constitution which provides that everyone has right of access to information held by another person in exercise or protection of any rights.

Secondly, the section on open meetings, included in earlier drafts has been removed. It is these two aspects that the final FXI seminar will be addressing in the hope that it will assist groups in making informed recommendations.

Agenda
Morning
Why recognize the public's right of access to information held by private bodies?

09h00 Registration
09h30 "Going quietly about their business" (Gideon Pimstone, FXI)
10h10 Access to information and consumer rights (Bafana Makhubo, Researcher Consumer Institute of South Africa)*
11h00 Tea
11h20 Plenary discussion
11h45 Break into groups

12h45 Lunch

Afternoon
Government in the sunshine and the commitment to open meetings
13h30 Why the section of open meetings was removed (Adv Empie van Schoor, Government ODB Task Group)
14h30 A review of general principles (Alison Tilly, Black Sash/Parliamentary Monitoring Group, Lobbyist)
14h30 Questions and discussion
15h00 Tea
15h15 Way forward

Please contact Carla Ovadia or Mamashoabathe Noko at FXI 403 8403 or fxi@wn.apc.org

June-August, 1998: Skills Upgrade for Development Project: Training Workshops

Framework Conferences presents two skills-training workshops as part of the Skills Upgrade for Development Project.

1. Introduction to Photography - Documenting Development
With training by CEDRIC NUNN

This two-day workshop aims to build capacity within your organisation to document projects and activities with high-quality photographs. Cedric Nunn, a renowned photographer in the development field, has designed a course which includes theory, practise and the evaluation of other photographers' work.

Participants will require a 35mm camera, preferably with manual focus. A limited number of cameras will be made available for participants who do not have one. Film and processing is included in the cost of the workshop.

Dates:
23 - 24 June 1998 (Johannesburg)
1-2 July 1988 (Durban)
8-9 July 1988 (Cape Town)

Venues: To be advised

Cost: R1600,00 (Including film and processing) R1400,00 if more than one participant per organisation is sent

2. Minute Taking and Report Writing Workshop

There are three components to this course.

• Participants are encouraged to submit a piece of written work prior to the workshop which the trainer will assess.
  
• The workshop itself will cover cognitive skills, minute taking and the writing up of these.
  
• A follow up service is provided in order to help with the implementation of the skills learned.

Dates:
23-24 July 1998 (Johannesburg)
6-7 August 1998 (Cape Town)

Venues: To be advised

Cost: R1100,00
R900,00 if more than one participant per organisation is sent

Enquiries: Nigel Ward, Framework Conferences
Tel: (+27) (11) 885-2628
Fax: (+27) (11) 440-9072
E-mail: framework@iafrica.com

Booking is essential as workshops will be limited to 15 participants

Please contact us by phone or e-mail should you be interested in this workshop or if you would like it to be run in centres other than Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Requests/ suggestions for other training required in the development field are welcomed.

June-August, 1998: Human rights training workshops

Owing to the requests received in response to the human rights training advert placed by NADEL's Human Rights Research and Advocacy Project on SANGONET on the 8 May 1998, we will be hosting workshops in Cape Town, Durban, Gauteng and the Eastern Cape. These workshops will only deal with the general human rights contained in the Bill of Rights. It is envisaged that each workshop will take place over two days due to the large area of work to be covered. Organisations may send a maximum number of two participants to the workshops. The workshops will be limited to 25 participants.

The dates for the workshops are as follows:

Cape Town: 23-24 June 1998
Eastern Cape: 30 June - 1 July 1998
Gauteng: 23-24 July 1998
Kwazulu-Natal: 5-6 August 1998

Venues will be finalised once all responses are received to ensure that it is accessible to everyone.

Organisations who are interested in attending these workshops should please supply us with the following information by the 29 May 1998:

1. Number of people to attend.
2. Names and positions of attendees.
3. Organisation's field of work.
4. Organisation's target group.
5. Physical location and address of organisation.

Please forward all responses and queries to:

Shireen Motara (shireen%nadel@mhs.cstat.co.za)
or Prakashnee Govender (prakashn%nadel@mhs.cstat.co.za)

Tel: (021) 23-6309
Fax: (021) 24-3561

July, 1998: Sangonet: Two training courses

We are pleased to announce that we are running two training courses for the Western Cape at the Computer Training Corporation in Loop Street Cape Town. This will be on the 15th, 16th and 17th of July.

An Introductory to the Internet training course will be held on the 15th of July. Web Publishing training course will be held on the 16th and the 17th of July.

There are limited places so please contact Emmanuel on njenga@sn.apc.org or call (011) 838 6943 to make a booking if you are interested in attending either.

Here are the details:

1. Introductory Internet Training:
Will be held on Wednesday the 15th July, in the morning from 9.00 a.m - 1.00 p.m. Groups of 15 people can be trained.

Course Content:

Introduction to the Internet:

• What it the Internet? (Background and Current information)
  
• How does it works?
  
• What are the Internet Tools?
  E-Mail: (Specific focus on Pegasus Mail)
  
• Hands on experience
  
• Send and receive e-mail
  
• Attachments and encoding documents/files
  Introduction to the Web
  
• Hands on experience
  
• How to browse the web
  
• -Download information from various sites
  
• -Search engines

Course Fees: R250 per SANGONeT member R300 per non SANGONeT member

2. Html and Web Publishing:
This course runs over two full days and will held on 16./17th July 1998. Groups of 15 people can be trained.

The course will enable you to maintain your organisation's site - add content to existing pages, add new pages, adapt the site's design, and develop the content and structure of the site.

Please note that participants should have computer experience and some experience of browsing the Web.

Course Content:

Publishing on the Web

• Document Formatting
  
• HTML syntax and commands
  
• File structure for web sites
  
• Images, Tables & Graphics
  
• Site design, Content organisation
  
• Page maintenance, development & FTP software
  
• WYSIWYG editors
  
• Hands on experience building sites

Course Fees:
R1600 per SANGONeT member
R1800 per non SANGONeT member

Please note that all costs include training materials, refreshments and lunch.

July, 1998: Community Training Presented by the Unisa Library

Community training presented by The Unisa Library:

Dewey for Windows
Date: 3 July
Venue: Unisa Library, 3 rd level, Electronic Learning Centre
Time: registration 8 - 8:30
Cost: R50.00

Cataloguer's Desktop
Date: 24 July
Venue: Unisa Library, 3 rd level, Electronic Learning Centre
Time: registration 8 - 8:30
Cost: R50.00

Contact person: Gezina Zondag
E-mail: biboplei1@alpha.unisa.ac.za
Tel: 012- 429 3027
Fax: 012 429 2925

July 24, 1998: Local Government Roundtable

Venue: Nedlac Boardroom, 11th Floor, Metalbox Centre
25 Owl Street, Milpark - Johannesburg

In November 1997 EISA arranged a conference in Johannesburg on Local Government where academics and practitioners met to discuss issues raised in the Green Paper and to lay the foundation for a discourse on the new local government dispensation in South Africa.

In response to the issues raised at the November conference and also in the White Paper, EISA has commissioned a few researchers to investigate and focus on topics that need further discussion and debate. A one-day roundtable has been convened where these issues will be presented and debated extensively by local government practitioners and authorities, policy makers and researchers.

The roundtable is being held on Friday, 24th July 1998 at Nedlac Boardroom, 11th Floor, Metalbox Centre (25 Owl Street, Milpark - Johannesburg). It will take place from 8h00 to 17h00. Parking is available at the Milpark Holiday Inn.

The programme for the day has been divided into four focus areas including Governance, Shaping Local Government, Development & Service Delivery, and Optimising Local Government.

We would be most grateful if you could attend the roundtable discussion and participate in what hopes to be a lively and interesting debate.

Please let Nkgakong know if you will be attending, as we need to make necessary catering arrangements. You can contact us at the EISA: telephone (+27) 11 482 5495 or fax (+27) 11 482 5495. Alternatively, email to EISA address eisa@eisa.org.za

July 23-26, 1998: 1998 Global Summit of Women: Women and the Global Market, London, UK

At this fifth Global Summit of Women, the focus will be on women's ever-growing importance in the global market. Women's market strength will be explored by economic experts, and participants will be introduced to ways to access the global market. The emphasis will be on solutions, strategies and best practices. International Partners include: Association for Women In Development, Business and Professional Women, Center for International Private Enterprise, European Women's Lobby, General Federation of Women's Clubs, Inter-A