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Does your newly elected ward councillor look nervous? In 2019 the South African Local Government Association (Salga) warned in a policy brief that “SA is experiencing a rise in local government-related political violence directed at municipal councillors and officials”.
THE NGO world suffered a blow in March this year when Idasa closed its doors as funding for democratisation programmes reduced to a trickle. As a well-resourced NGO, it had done much to advance citizen-state interaction and underline the importance of active citizenship in a healthy political system.
BAKERS, litter pickers and members of a community podcast are just some of the Shaftesbury heroes that have been recognised for their work during the Covid-19 crisis. The town’s rotary club asked the public to nominate individuals who had gone that extra mile to support residents during the ongoing pandemic, and now a combination of individuals and groups have been acknowledged with certificates of appreciation. This includes Jenny Franks, pictured above, who baked cakes for the staff at Westminster Memorial Hospital and left anonymous biscuit deliveries for Shaftesbury ambulance workers, and Peter Cockburn, also pictured above, who delivered prescriptions and food shopping to people who were and are self isolating.