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Mandela Day - 18 July
Mandela Day celebrates the idea that each individual has the power to transform the world, the ability to make an imprint.
On this day, we raise our hands in celebration and renewed commitment to the making of a just society. Nelson Mandela teaches us that every human being can make a positive imprint. One by one, and together, we must continue to encourage open dialogue around social issues. We must transform discourse into action. We have work to do.
Use condoms says premier
17 June 2009
Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza has advised the youth to use condoms if they
cannot abstain from sex until they were either married or ready to “engage in
sexual intercourse”.
MEC to start on a clean slate
17 June 2009
The new Mpumalanga MEC for community safety, security and liaison says she will not allow the outcry over her appointment to shift her focus on her job.
Sibongile Manana had blundered when she was MEC for health in 2001. But Manana, who incurred the health department R100000 in legal costs between 2001 and 2004 when she refused to provide ARVs to raped women and prosecuted doctors who did so, has pledged to fight crime in Mpumalanga.
Broadway interested in SA show
17 June 2009
Playwright Mbongeni Ngema's controversial big budget musical, Lion of the East: Gert Sibande and the Potato Boycott, may be headed for Broadway.
Cultural affairs manager in Mpumalanga's department of culture, sport and recreation, Dr Mafika Lubisi, said the Broadway League had approached Ngema's company, Committed Artists, and the department about possibly taking the musical to New York.