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KEEPING IT BRIEF
CALL FOR ENTRIES-
POWA WOMEN'S WRITING COMPETITION 2008
Entries are now open for the People Opposing
Women Abuse’s (POWA) Women’s Writing Competition. The theme
for 2008 is: Journeys to Recovery.
Entries can be submitted in the following categories:
• poetry - no longer than 60 lines
• short stories - no longer than 2 500 words
• personal essays - no longer than 2 000 words
Many women have been victims of violence in different forms.
Survivors of such violence are often forced to flee from where
the violence took place to find places of safety. POWA is calling
for entries in the three categories describing the survivor’s
journey of transformation in the flight from violence into healing.
The deadline is Friday, 22 August 2008.
For more information and competition entry forms, contact:
Nehwoh Belinda, Tel: 011 642 4345/6; e-mail: Nehwoh@powa.co.za
- BuaNews
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DEADLINE for entries:
Friday, 22 August 2008
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Eastern Cape
The provincial Department of Transport has set aside R3,9 million
to start a provincial crime prevention strategy. The funds will
be used to start street community programmes that will help
make areas safer. The programme will start in Port Elizabeth,
and will be rolled out to other parts of the province where
village committees will be set up. This will help the department
form a partnership between government and civil society to mobilise
communities in crime prevention strategies.
- BuaNews
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Mpumalanga
As part of government’s Imbizo Week in April, farming projects
in Bushbuckridge and Marapyane got 11 tractors and 32 power
hoes to support new farmers. The department is to provide free
diesel for the tractors and hoes until the farming projects
can afford to buy their own. About R30 million was spent on
equipment, which was bought from China. Some of it was also
distributed in the Nkomazi area south of Malelane last year
- BuaNews
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KwaZulu -Natal
The communities of Tulwane in northern KwaZulu-Natal will no
longer have to travel long distances to access government services.
This is thanks to a R10 million “one-stop shop” to be built
by the Department of Social Development to serve the community.
There will be offices for Social Development, Home Affairs,
a multi-purpose centre, a community centre, a luncheon club
for elderly people and pre-school for local children. Community
members will also get job opportunities.
- BuaNews
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Northern-Cape
The Northern Cape Premier recently met with the Governor of
the Kasai Oriental Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC) to discuss a partnership between the two provinces. It
is aimed at strengthening South Africa’s commitment to help
the people of the DRC with their post-war problems. It will
also focus on reconstruction and development programmes in the
province.
- BuaNews
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