21 April - Human Rights

In today’s show, we spoke to Braam Hanekom - chairperson of PASSOP. We were talking about Refugee Rights. Tomorrow South Africans will be heading to the polls to vote in the National Elections but throughout the electioneering , it seems that no political party dares to touch the subject of refugees in their manifestos despite experiences and xenophobia being one of the major challenges facing the country. He shared with us how they plan to challenge a newly-elected government to ensure that migrants fleeing armed conflicts or political or economic hardship in other parts of the continent have their rights protected as spelled out in South Africa's constitution. If you have any queries about PASSOP, please contact Braam on 083 256 1140 alternatively their website on www.passop.co.za

We closed off the show with an interview with Fredalene Booysen and Damaris Fritz – from Sangoco. The Metropolitan Community Health Forum in association with a range of stakeholders hosted a Health Summit between the 17th and the 18th of April. HIV and AIDS remains one of the most glaring issues facing South Africa and the World today. Voluntary Counselling and Testing has been shown to be effective in HIV prevention by decreasing risky behaviour. The purpose of the Summit was to bring together under one roof all the role players within health and related sectors with an opportunity to interact and share ideas on how best the various partners can approach and deal with issues of accelerated healthcare and related services with the view of ensuring health rights for all. We spoke about the highlights of the summit. For more information contact SANGOCO on (021) 447 1217.