05 May - Human Rights

Today we heard from Mandisi Njoli – from Youth4Change. Youth for Change is a community driven project that deals with all matters of youth development. They have managed to collect youth that were involved in all criminal activities such as gangsterism, drug abuse, possession of dangerous weapons as well as girls that are involved in teenage pregnancy, alcohol abuse as well as selling their bodies for money and have changed them to using all their talents for positive deeds but the two gentlemen explained more the organisation. For more information about you can contact Zwelitsha on 073 287 8299, Mandisi on 072 314 8064 or Wongikhaya on 078 710 9705 alternatively visit www.youth4change.net

We also heard from Warno Steenkamp and Penny Roberts - From the Masters Court. We were talking about Wills and Estate. A will is a document executed by a person that disposes of his/her property after his/her death. It generally names a personal representative to administer the estate but what happens if the person dies and has left no will well my two experts explained more about the importance of writing down a will and when or where should it be filed. For more information you can contact the department of Justice and Constitutional Development on (021) 410 8329 alternatively go to www.justice.gov.za

We closed off the show with an interview with Jumbo Adams and Andrew Le Roux – from the Independent Community Action Network or ICAN. This is a community based organisation in Tafelsig, Mitchell's Plain. They say participatory democracy is a necessary in order to achieve freedom for all but last month they vowed not to vote during the national elections, they explained more about the reasoning behind that decision. For more information about ICAN contact Jumbo on 084 839 0976 or Andrew on 079 826 3941 or 071 518 6684.
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