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Integrating Cell phones and Audio content for Community Media: Freedom Fone
11 November 2010
Application Deadline: 16 Nov 2010 Women'sNet – a Feminist organisation based in Johannesburg, is excited to announce a Call for Participation in its upcoming Freedom Fone training workshop...
Call for Entries: 16 Days campaign messages
10 November 2010
Attention Creative minds! Women'sNet is calling for entries to design messages for the 16 Days of Activism to end Violence Against Women and Children. The best message developed will be used...
Minister talks tough on child abuse
9 November 2010
Government needs to introduce tougher legislation to protect children from all forms of abuse, the minister responsible for children said on Saturday. The Minister for Women, Children and People...
Two school boys arrested for gang rape
8 November 2010
Two school boys, who allegedly drugged and gang raped a school girl inside a Johannesburg high school premises, have been arrested. This follows an incident last Thursday, where three boys...
Schoolgirl gang raped in Johannesburg
8 November 2010
 A school girl was gang raped at her school in Johannesburg by a group of boys who filmed the assault, the Gauteng education department said on Friday Department spokesperson Charles Phahlane...
Gauteng shuts down illegal school
5 November 2010
The Gauteng Education Department has shut down an illegal school operating at the Central Methodist Church in Small Street. The school was operating in contravention of government policy as the...
Gauteng teacher on child porn rap
5 November 2010
A Gauteng school teacher is in hot water after he was allegedly caught printing child pornography on school facilities. The Head of the Gauteng Department of Education has issued a precautionary...
Facebooks adds anti-bullying application
4 November 2010
In response to the recent bullying incidents that, in some cases, led to teen suicides, Facebook prompted SafetyWeb.com, the leading Web-based online monitoring software for parents, to introduce a...
Studying in shebeen leads to bursary
4 November 2010
A LUCKY member of a group of Grade 11 pupils who turned a shebeen into their study room is set to be awarded a bursary Sowetan reported in September that the pupils, from Luhlaza High School in...
Educational project gets R7m boost
2 November 2010
A MAJOR international conference in Cape Town closed on a high note when three organisations promised R7million to educate children about the environment. Microsoft, the Smithsonian Institution and...