
Amandla Development Hope you're all enjoying the holidays and ready for much excitement in 2010! The spirit of progress in SA as a result of World Cup is palpable. Watch this space!

Amandla Development Scott (our main man) is back from SA after a long trip of creating amazing new partnerships. Exciting things in the pipeline coming soon!

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World Cup brings attention to extramural programmes in SA: http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/sport/david_ beckham_in_khayelitsha_to_support_coachi ng_for_hope_.html
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South Africa’s premier good news website, highlighting the progress of a remarkable nation

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In DC? Have friends in DC? Don't forget Amandla Development's benefit there tomorrow night from 6-10 p.m. at Policy (www.policydc.com). RSVP now at www.razoo.com/story/amandla-development- dc-benefit-1
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Fewer than 7% of South African schools have a library. This campaign empowers students to make reading part of their lives.

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http://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/colum nists/article161184.ece The challenges of building a non-racial society being played out in the education system - University of the Free State
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Jonathan Jansen: As is the case with all South African universities, the history of the University of the Free State

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Citizens take to the street demanding better public services: http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCri sis/idUSLD594055
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* Protests escalate, police fire shots * Zuma has pledged to end inequalities * Scores of protesters wounded (Adds protester comment, background) By Alison Raymond STANDERTON, South Africa, Oct 13

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Income disparity in South Africa creates increasing gaps between rich & poor - http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2 0601116&sid=arRW6Vavw3bI
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South Africa is paying the price for failing to narrow the gap between rich and poor since the end of apartheid in 1994 as it struggles to pull the country out of [bn:WBTKR=SAGDPANN:IND] recession [].

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Scott Clarke, Founder of Amandla Development, met up with us at Africa Social Enterprise Forum in New York City this past week to share with us how his organization was founded and how his team is working ...

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Annie Lennox's commitment to South Africa remains strong http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-09-29-a nnie-lennox-tells-of-her-commitment-to-s outh-africa
Annie Lennox tells of her commitment to South Africa - Mail & Guardian Online: The smart news source
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Rock star Annie Lennox tells of her commitment to fighting HIV/Aids in South Africa and welcomed the appointment of the country's new health minister.

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Amandla's development partner in the NYT. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/world/ africa/25safrica.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
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Children are taking into their own hands responsibility for trying to reform the education system.

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President Zuma & COSATU have differing views on poverty alleviation in SA http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNe ws/idUSLL69031920090921
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* Zuma says poor, jobs primary focus of economic policy * Lawlessness during strikes, protests unacceptable * COSATU says support should not be taken for granted (Adds quote on central bank)

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http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/09/1 9/world/1247464703110/apartheid-haunts-s outh-africas-schools.html
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Celia Dugger reports from the Kwamfundo School near Cape Town on South Africa's struggling public education system.

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Schools are still struggling with the legacy of the apartheid era, but also with a lack of trained teachers and bureaucracy.

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UN backed partnership promises education for millions more African children http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?Ne wsID=32060&Cr=&Cr1=
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The Schools for Africa partnership, set up in 2004 by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) and the Hamburg Society to raise money to help over 4 million children in Angola, ...

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South Africa's role in Sudan... Continued pressure for PEACE http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-0 9/16/content_12059191.htm
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KHARTOUM, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Visiting South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Tuesday her country would continue the efforts in building peace in the restive western Sudanese region of Darfur.
















