Various Reports

Communique of the African Emergency Summit on Zimbabwe; Dar Es Salaam, 21 April 2008.

Items noted and action called for. 

 

SW Radio Africa, London; 12 May 2008

State sponsored violence against members of the Anglican Church reached new levels over the weekend as police in different parts of Harare gatecrashed church services and beat up parishioners loyal to new bishop Sebastian Bakare.

 

Zimbabwe Report : Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition; 20 June 2002

Zimbabwe presents a challenge to the high ideals of NEPAD. The CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE COALITION consists of the eight major civil society coalitions in Zimbabwe. The aim of the Coalition is to amplify the collective voice of civil society in Zimbabwe.

Report of the SANGOCO Social Security Workshop 08-09 May 2002

Poverty is the main socio-economic challenge for the South African society in general and government in particular as the sole authority bestowed with the responsibility of taking care of its citizens. In its endeavor to realize this obligation, the Department of Social Development commissioned Professor Vivian Taylor to conduct an enquiry into a Comprehensive System of Social Security for South Africa.

Did the G8 drop the debt?

The debt burden of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) is a major cause of poverty and suffering. In 1998 seventy thousand people formed a human chain around the G8 Summit in Birmingham, UK. Their demand for an end to Third World debt pitched the issue to the top of the G8's agenda. But where did we stand in May 2003? Read this excerpt of the report.

Un-blurring the Vision : An Assessment of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) by South African Churches.

Africa's social, economic, and political relations urgently need to be transformed through a focused and determined international effort if Africa is to be lifted out of the poverty trap. NEPAD presents itself as a visionary and dynamic initiative by a core group of new generation African leaders to reconstruct and develop the continent. Read an assessment of how they were doing in the early days.

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