Latest AC News

(Posted on 17 April 2009) -
The Community Based Financial Accountabilty (CBFA) project launch was held in Amahlathi Local Municipality yesterday. CBFA Working Group Members were formally introduced to officials from the Public Participation Unit, who pledged to support the group as well as engage with them in public participation processes such as the IDP and Budget. Amahlathi Municipality commented that it is looking forward to a fruitful working relationship with Afesis-corplan.

(Posted on 31 March 2009) -
An opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and competent individual to provide reception and bookkeeping services to the organisation. The closing date for applications for this position is 09 April 2009. Click here to find out more.

(Posted on 27 March 2009) -
A vacancy currently exists for the position of Accounts Manager at Afesis-corplan. Suitably qualified, experienced and committed individuals are invited to apply. Closing date for applications is Friday, 03 April 2009. Click here to find out more.

(Posted on 26 March 2009) -
The newly appointed Premier of the Eastern Cape in his first address noted that health, education, local government, rural development and public service accountability were priorities for the province. At Afesis-corplan's first quarterly seminar for the year, we will be looking at the views of political parties on these issues. All interested stakeholders are invited to attend tomorrow at the Health Resource Centre starting at 09h00.

(Posted on 26 March 2009) -
Gugu Mgwebi and Thabile Sokupa are giving their input at a workshop as part of the Civil Society Support Programme (CSSP) in Duncan Village today. The aim is to capacitate civil society to better engage in public participation processes mainly for improving water and sanitation facilities in the area.

(Posted on 24 March 2009) -
The Board of Directors will meet for Afesis-corplan's Annual General Meeting tomorrow at 17h00 at our offices in Southernwood.

(Posted on 23 March 2009) -
Thembi Mabhula is in Stutterheim this week facilitating workshops for about 50 participants in Project Management for Community-Based Organisations. Funded by the National Development Agency, this capacity building initiative will be followed by a final training in the Study Circle methodology.

(Posted on 18 March 2009) -
Afesis-corplan, in cooperation with Urban LandMark, has invited other organisations involved in land and housing with a focus on poor South African communities to attend a LANDfirst Campaign Strategy Workshop in Gauteng on 19 March 2009. LANDfirst is an approach to settlement development that emphasises the provision of planned secure land with basic services as a first step towards a longer term housing and settlement upgrading process.The aims of this workshop are to share the concept of LANDfirst, build a platform for knowledge exchange between stakeholders, and plot an action agenda for the campaign.

(Posted on 16 March 2009) -
Afesis-corplan staff member, Gugu Mgwebi will be live on the Morning Talk Show with Teboga Matima on SA fm tomorrow between 11h05 and 11h30. They will be discussing protection of the rights of children and exploitation on the African continent. Click here to read Gugu's article 'Nurturing them from the cradle and beyond'.

(Posted on 16 March 2009) -
Peter Kimemia joined LogoLink international partners, as a Good Governance Learning Network representative, at a meeting in Mexico City from 9  to 13  March 2009. The meeting reviewed the ongoing LogoLink projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the USA and Central America and how these have contributed to greater public participation in local governance as well as democratic decentralization. The partners conducted a strategic planning exercise for LogoLink’s activities over the next two years and discussed future funding strategies. Peter shared insights on how Afesis-corplan’s local governance interventions are contributing to LogoLink’s overall objectives. There were expressions of interest for Afesis-corplan’s Good Governance Survey (GGS) tool, which will be emailed to the various partners.