September +ve Stories
- were there any?

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS SEPTEMBER

With our news being consumed by Zondo commission of Inquiry, Nene’s confessions, fuel price increases, poor market circumstances, PRASA safety permit suspension, sporting disappointments it has been a tough month – but a few positive stories did slip below the radar. 

By Steuart Pennington

In her first visit to the continent as UK Prime Minister, Theresa May pledged to become the G7’s biggest investor in Africa by 2022, using the UK’s development budget to not only relieve poverty, but to create a sustainable investment environment for British businesses.

May pledged investments of £4bn in African economies, particularly to create jobs for young people.
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Why do people
want to come BACK to SA?

RETURNING TO SA – WHY DO PEOPLE DO IT?

I follow a Facebook page ‘Reasons for returning to SA’. Quite often there are touching reflections, inquisitive enquiries, forceful justifications, whatever their view – all are movingly honest. I came across this last week, I thought it so well written

By Melissa Leigh

I have contemplated writing this for some time now.

Weekly, sometimes daily, I am asked the question ‘ why did you return to South Africa.’

I joined the ‘let’s immigrate’ process a while back.

Oh! The temptation of the UK, the thought of being safely ensconced in a society that functions on a level that most of us dream of, a life where contribution equals return.  Country roads, Sainsburys with gorgeous produce, markets and farm stalls, walks that were so beautiful they can make your head dizzy.  Sick? … pop into the local doc, all sorted.
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Girl Child Day
– time to reflect?

International Day of the Girl Child

 International Day of the Girl Child is celebrated on 11 October annually. It aims to acknowledge the needs and challenges of girls around the world whilst also promoting empowerment and the fulfilment of their human rights.

The story of Pookolala breaks hearts. She is five years old.

Her mother dropped out in Grade 9 in order to have her, and never returned to school. She has just given birth to her third child, and she is not yet twenty two.

Pookolala’s grandmother looks after her because her mom is addicted to drugs and alcohol, but Gogo has not been able to find work either since her diagnosis with cancer although she is now clear of the disease. When potential employers hear about her condition they back off.

Pookolala learned to talk late and needs therapy because of the traumas and deprivation she has suffered. Her family is a demonstration of generational poverty. There are no men in the family – the women are on their own, surviving on grants, a small income from recycling and the support of Afrika Tikkun in Braamfontein – who are also trying to help her with play therapy.
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THIS WEEK'S FAST FACT

Mother Tongues

With 11 official languages, South Africa ranks second in the world of countries with the most official languages. While India has 16 official languages, in contrast, Mexico and the United States have no official languages. (http://bit.ly/2OVzjLg) 

Source www.Eighty20.co.za

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