Helping Our Neighbours
Posted in 1 on Jun 4th, 2009
—– Original Message —–
From: “Rachel Bray”
To: “Sam Pearce”
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: Save the whales, f*** the women and children
thanks Sam, you’ve eloquently expressed sentiments i share. I’m afraidthat some of the explanations i’ve heard psychologists give as to why‘we’ humans respond so much more readily to animals in distress thanhumans are [...]
Posted in 1 on Jun 1st, 2009
I am finding all this fuss about the whales fascinating. I was at Longbeach on Saturday, and was struck by the similarity of the plight of the pod of 55 whales that beached themselves at Kommetjie this weekend and the 1000s of people who found themselves washed up at Soetwater at the end of May [...]
Posted in 1 on May 28th, 2009
> ———- Forwarded message ———-> From: koni benson > Date: Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:29 AM> Subject: Somali shopkeepers told to get out of Samora Machel by month > end or be removed>
> Hi friends>> It seems there is a resurgence of afrophobia beginning, in Western > Cape. Am sure you heard about [...]
Posted in Civil Society, Refugee, Volunteers on Jul 21st, 2008
19 JULY 2008
Premier Ebrahim Rasool
Director-General Virginia Petersen
Provincial Government of the Western Cape
7 Wale Street
CAPE TOWN
8001
OPEN LETTER FROM THE JOINT REFUGEE COMMITTEE OF THE WESTERN CAPE
Dear Premier Rasool,
You announced to the media on 3 July that all so-called “safety camps” will be closed by 23 July 2008 – and all government-funded humanitarian aid to refugees [...]
Posted in Volunteers on Jul 15th, 2008
Call for all information relating to the ‘xenophobia crisis’ to be used in the creation of a Public Access Archive
Dear Volunteers, staff, administrators, concerned citizens and recorders of knowledge
The events that began in May 2008 relating to xenophobia in South Africa have resulted in the displacement of approximately 80 000 people as well as 62 [...]
Posted in Volunteers on Jul 15th, 2008
Dear Aden
Thank you again for not allowing the issue of displaced foreign nationals to fall off the media radar.
The plate of food I brought you was the evening meal last night at Soetwater. The brunch, consisting of 4 slices of bread and a bottled of the fruit drink was delivered at 3:30 pm yesterday afternoon.
I [...]
Posted in Press on Jul 14th, 2008
By Helen Bamford Press Release
One of the meals delivered to the Soetwater refugee camp this week has been sent for testing at a city health facility after complaints that it looked and smelt rotten. Ward councillor Felicity Purchase confirmed that the food had gone for a “post-mortem”. She said it looked disgusting and could be [...]
Posted in Press on Jul 11th, 2008
BEN MACLENNAN | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – Jul 10 2008 16:10 Press
A Congolese woman wept quietly on Thursday as she described how her family were hounded when they tried to return to their shack in a Cape Town squatter settlement last week.“I’m tired of this country, please, please,” said mother-of-five Agnes Saidi. “I want [...]
Posted in Civil Society, Volunteers on Jul 10th, 2008
From: Karin Chubb
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 9:41 PM
Subject: Soetwater today, 9 July 2008
“A child … brings hope with it, and forward looking thoughts ….”
Yesterday there were 850 people at Soetwater, today there are 851. Trudging through the freezing weather and drizzle, I found myself in a family tent where there was warmth, people smiled, [...]
Posted in Civil Society on Jul 10th, 2008
TUESDAY 8 JULY 2008
This newsletter is to inform everyone of the latest developments between Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), civil society organisations and various government departments. More newsletters will follow with up-to-date information, and other news. TAC is writing this on behalf of the District Task Team Forum and the individuals and organisations there.
MEETING
On [...]