• What are your wishes?
• Why did you wish for them?

Imagine Durban is now in the process of developing goals, and strategies to address Poverty Alleviation and Economic Development in the long term in Durban. We would like your help. If you have time we would appreciate your participation in our workshop on Poverty Alleviation and Economic Development Theme. The details of the workshop are as follows:

Date: Wednesday, 14^th May, 2008
Time: 9h00 - 12h30 (Light snacks will be served afterwards)
Venue: Hall, Visitors Complex, Durban Botanical Gardens | Map
RSVP: Zama Ndlovu tel: 031 311 3444 or email: ndlovuzc@durban.gov.za

If you can’t attend the workshop but have some ideas you would like us to note for the workshop please leave your comments below.

For Good is a social movement connecting ordinary South Africans.  It is a network where people support each other to make a difference and take positive action regarding social issues such as safety and crime, the environment, HIV/AIDS, schools. For Good uses cell phone SMSs, as well as their website, to provide information and share ideas.

For Good is a project of the Movement for Good - a network of organisations that have come together to inspire and mobilise South Africans to become active citizens for good. Their vision is to build a country that lives its constitutional values, is safe and has opportunity for all. The Movement aims to integrate organisations that are currently mobilising South Africans so that there is coherency and synergy across the various campaigns.

An active citizen…

• Speaks positively about South Africa
• Upholds our constitution and the laws of the land
• Takes part in our democracy
• Does not bribe or buy stolen goods
• Participates in community projects
• Is sensitive to the needs of the less fortunate
• Respects the environment
• Believes that they can make a difference
• Lives by the notion – ‘I am because we are’

Website: www.forgood.co.za

Durban in a Word is an omnibus of Durban sights, sounds, smells, flavours - a book for all the city’s lovers to savour! Thirty writers, thirty views of Durban - each piece evokes memories of the city that has shaped them. With a wide range of voices, from John van de Ruit to Imraan Coovadia, from Kobus Moolman to William Zulu, Peter Machen and Sogen Moodley, Durban in a Word is a lush collection from South Africa’s often forgotten but exceptionally literary city, edited by Dianne Stewart.

The book’s contributors have donated all royalties from the sale of Durban in a Word to NOAH (Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity), a community-based organisation that mobilises entire communities to respond to the crisis presented by the growing numbers of children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic.

Quotes from the book

• ‘Durban is home. I love this place.’ Helana Olivier
• ‘Durban in a word, is vegetation. … delicious monsters with fat rude fruits.’ Peggy Verbaan
• ‘Durban is the tan. Sleek, streaked blondes browned to perfection. The lingering aroma of coconut sunscreen.’ Elana Bregin

Review of Durban in a Word
This attractive little paperback contains 30 short contributions by writers with connections to Durban, making up a portrait of the city. It is the fourth book in the series which has already covered Johannesburg, Soweto and Cape Town. The writers’ brief was for fiction, non fiction or creative non fiction, as their fancy took them.

Read the full review at KZN Literary Tourism …