Xenophobia is a direct violation of our human rights
26 Jul 2010
The Sedibeng District Municipality calls to all members of the community to work together with government agencies and community based organisations in the fight against Xenophobia. Sedibeng, which is known as the Cradle of Human Rights Struggles, so named by the father of the Rainbow Nation, Former State President Nelson Mandela. A cradle, is by definition, a safe habitat. To that end, I challenge the entire community of Sedibeng, to provide a safe habitat to all our brothers, sisters and communities from the African Continent.
Sedibeng Celebrates the International Nelson Mandela Day
13 Jul 2010
In honour and recognition of the World Statesman and the Nobel Peace Prize laureate's contribution to resolving conflicts and promoting race relations, human rights and reconciliation across the world, the 18th of July has been declared the International Nelson Mandela Day. As the whole world celebrates this day, still in the joy of the best 2010 FIFA World Cup ever held on the African continent, South Africa as a whole, prides itself of its first ever democratically elected former State President, Nelson Rolihlahla ‘Madiba’ Mandela, the founding father of our beautiful rainbow nation, on his 92nd birthday.
A message from the Executive Mayor of the Sedibeng District Municipality as the 2010 World Cup comes to an end.
I am humbled and honoured at the way in which our country and the people of the Sedibeng District hosted our local and international visitors and embraced the FIFA 2010 World Cup.
...With these few days left, I can confidently say that Sedibeng is 90-percent ready for the World Cup. Our preparations are on schedule. And as we finalise our preparations, we are mindful of the fact that the World Cup is not only about the 90 minutes spent on the sport field during a game.
As part of the national commemorations to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre, the Sedibeng District Municipality will play host to the Under 20 National Team of South Africa - affectionately known as Amajita - and National Teams from Lesotho, Botswana and Swaziland competing in this year’s Four Nations tournament which kick offs on Thursday, 25 March 2010.
Media Statement - South Africacommemorates the 50th anniversary of Human Rights Day
As announced by President Jacob Zuma in his state of the nation address, South Africa will this year mark the 50th anniversary of Human Rights Day. In order to honour the 180 injured individuals and the 69 heroes and heroines who were killed during the protest, government has decided to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March, Human Rights Day at Sharpeville Cricket Pitch next to George Thabe soccer stadium, Gauteng Province.
The families of the victims & survivors of the Boipatong and Sharpeville Massacres on a Journey of Living History to Cape Town led by the Sedibeng District Municipality Executive Mayor, Cllr. Mahole Simon Mofokeng.
Press Release - Preparing Sedibeng for 2010 and beyond
MORE than R15 billion will be pumped into the South African economy from tourism generated by the 2010 FIFA World Cup Soccer tournament and Sedibeng Municipal District, with its host of pivotal cultural and political sites, was primed for securing its share of opportunities.
COMMUNITIES are united by sport and music and as South Africa prepares to host the world’s soccer showcase, Sedibeng District Municipality will embrace both unifying factors via an extended African Festival.
EUROPE’S largest brewer is on track to open its R3 billion brewery and depot in Sedibeng later this year, creating around 225 new employment positions at a time when the world recession has wrecked havoc in the local job market.
THERE are minutes that can define a country’s history. For South Africa, it was 90 seconds in Sharpeville on March 21, 1960. An estimated 1000 rounds of ammunition was fired into the thousands-strong throng of protestors who had converged on the local police state to offer themselves up for arrest for not carrying pass books. When the smoke had cleared and the screams become echoes reverberated off the houses and dusty streets, 69 people lay dead and another 180 were injured – many of them shot in the back.
VEREENIGING – Sedibeng District Municipality executive mayor Mahole Simon Mofokeng today outlined an extensive R160 million multi-pronged economic and social investment programme aimed at revitalising the region ahead of next year’s FIFA World Cup soccer tournament.
The decaying Sharpeville municipal beer hall and brewery that marks the entrance to the township will be refurbished ahead of next year’s 50th anniversary remembrance to the massacre. Executive Mayor of the Sedibeng District Municipality, Mahole Simon Mofokeng, says municipal beer halls presented the single most importance revenue source in townships and the initiative was an attempt to retain the history these halls played in apartheid-era townships.
The Sedibeng District Municipality entered the South African Archives and Records Management Awards (SAARMA) competition for Year 2009, as part of its objectives towards a broad-based participation and promotion of Archives and Records Management in terms of the legislation.
SHARPEVILLE symbolises the struggle against apartheid, being the township that drew the world’s attention to the plight of black South Africans after the tragedy of March 1960.
Former president Nelson Mandela signed into law the country’s ground-breaking constitution a stone’s throw away from where the former South African police killed 69 people and injured another 180, shooting many of them in the back.
INTERNATIONALLY, sport has been heralded as the mechanism by which to facilitate children’s holistic development and reduce gangsterism and anti-social behaviour, but translating the theory into practice requires focused government commitment.
SOUTH Africa embraces among the world’s most progressive constitutions, safe-guarding the rights and beliefs of the millions of citizens living within its borders in a far cry from the horrors of apartheid and the indelible scar that marked the lives of people within Sedibeng.
