On 29 April, the South African Medical Research Council and goGOGOgo will host an interactive seminar to examine the role of grandmothers as agents for change in health outcomes and community development. Dr. Judi Aubel will present her research findings on grandmothers and their role across the life cycle of women, children, and adolescents based on 30 years of research in Africa. The seminar will discuss developing a research agenda and opportunities to look at the role of grandmothers in supporting community health outcomes and development in the South African context.
On 30 April, Section27, Cancer Alliance, Treatment Action Campaign, and patients waiting for cancer treatment will march to the Gauteng Department of Health. They are demanding that the Gauteng Department of Health spend the R784-million set aside by the Gauteng Treasury in March 2023 to outsource radiation oncology services for over 3,000 patients currently on the backlog list. Many of the patients on the backlog list have been waiting for these services for years, a delay that the GDoH has attributed to a lack of funding and resources. Tragically, some patients have passed on while waiting for the department to act. Despite the availability of funds made available by Gauteng Treasury in 2023, the GDoH has still failed to provide life-saving treatment to cancer patients for over a year.
On Tuesday, the Dullah Omar Institute will host a webinar on the report launch of the registers of councillors’ interests. The institute conducted a study which examined the state of transparency in local government in relation to the publication of registers of councillors’ interests. The key question is: are municipalities publishing registers of councillors’ interests?
Workers Day, originally born from the protracted struggle for workers’ rights and social justice of the late 1800s, serves both as a celebration of workers’ rights and as a reminder of the critical role that trade unions, the Communist Party, and other labour organizations played in the fight against Apartheid.
On Thursday, 2 May at 10am, the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria will host a webinar on youth engagement and elections in South Africa. The webinar will be moderated by Razan Haroun and Nicholas Cheruiyot, LLM/HRDA candidates at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria.
On Friday, 3 May at 1pm, the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (Sadag) will host a talk on mental health in the workplace.
On 30 April, Section27, Cancer Alliance, Treatment Action Campaign, and patients waiting for cancer treatment will march to the Gauteng Department of Health. They are demanding that the Gauteng Department of Health spend the R784-million set aside by the Gauteng Treasury in March 2023 to outsource radiation oncology services for over 3,000 patients currently on the backlog list. Many of the patients on the backlog list have been waiting for these services for years, a delay that the GDoH has attributed to a lack of funding and resources. Tragically, some patients have passed on while waiting for the department to act. Despite the availability of funds made available by Gauteng Treasury in 2023, the GDoH has still failed to provide life-saving treatment to cancer patients for over a year.
On Tuesday, the Dullah Omar Institute will host a webinar on the report launch of the registers of councillors’ interests. The institute conducted a study which examined the state of transparency in local government in relation to the publication of registers of councillors’ interests. The key question is: are municipalities publishing registers of councillors’ interests?
Workers Day, originally born from the protracted struggle for workers’ rights and social justice of the late 1800s, serves both as a celebration of workers’ rights and as a reminder of the critical role that trade unions, the Communist Party, and other labour organizations played in the fight against Apartheid.
On Thursday, 2 May at 10am, the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria will host a webinar on youth engagement and elections in South Africa. The webinar will be moderated by Razan Haroun and Nicholas Cheruiyot, LLM/HRDA candidates at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria.
On Friday, 3 May at 1pm, the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (Sadag) will host a talk on mental health in the workplace.
