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be your self!

Submitted by girl power on Thu, 02/04/2009 - 16:22
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we are not used to speaking for our selves! but now we can speak out as women and girls in south africa! each and every woman has the right to, but i can`t see how it's important to vote because we vote for people who can`t make sure that we get what we have voted for?! they used to tell us that 'your vote is your voice' but they don`t allow our voice to be heard! This is why I say it is not necessary to vote! my ending is that if you vote you might get a good service.

NOT ENOUGH IS BEEN DONE

Submitted by maninas on Thu, 02/04/2009 - 16:22
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I enyoyed the debate with those different political members Well they all addressed the same thing in different perspective of course it was a debate. I feel that some points which are important were not discussed. They only talked about how they could change things if we vote for them. Why don't they start now with those changes. Every six second a woman is killed here in South Africa. What is being done to stop that, how many woman must die before they do something. What is being done for children who finished school and did not get A's.

violence

Submitted by Buhleza on Thu, 02/04/2009 - 16:20
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WE WENT TO THE DEBATE HERE IN JOZI,IT WAS GOOD BECAUSE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT VIOLENCE ,FOR AN EXAMPLE TRANSPORT PROBLEMS,GIRLS WHO WERE RAPED ,AND PROSTIUTES TO FIND THEM JOBS. FOR ME THERE A LOT OF SICKNESS OUT THERE, SO IT IS BETTER WHEN THEY GET GOOD JOBS FOR THEMSELF. SOMTIMES THEY ARE ABUSED BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY ARE UNEMPLOYABLE AS THEY ARE SELLING THEIR BODIES. SOMETIMES CHILDREN TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY, SO IT IS BETTER WHEN THERE IS TRANSPORT EVEN BICYCILES .

POLITICAL PARTIES ACTING AGAINST WOMEN ABUSE FOR VOTES

Submitted by darkbeauty on Thu, 02/04/2009 - 16:02
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political parties did not comment on our behalf, they were only concerned about being voted for. They were only concerned about what the government is doing and that made me feel like they were not emotionally attached about the topic as individuals but only as members of a political party. I wish that they could speak more as individuals than as political parties. But I am glad 'cause I have learned something, especialy when I talk to Ms Nana Ngobese of "Women Forward" on issues about social development and support groups for abused women and she justified the need for this.

Women in political parties

Submitted by supernice on Thu, 02/04/2009 - 15:43
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Women in political parties I'm very angry about women in politics because: Today i went to an election debate & I felt like all those women who were there were sent to campaign for votes not to address the issues of women & violence against them, all those parties did was say "i would empower women if they vote for my party" that's it! Now you tell me, how you would trust such women? It's very much clear they were sent by men because non of the things they said were valid. I could see through them that they came to talk to us because it's time for voting.

sum thngs r taken 4 granted

Submitted by katlego on Thu, 02/04/2009 - 15:39
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Today i was at a debute, sort of conference around joburg and some of the representetives of some political parties were there and it was amazing on how some of the representitives were addressing some of the issues,the UDM representitve was shaking and you can ask yourself how can a party be represented by someone who can't talk in front of many people and ignoring issues like the one of a girl who was wearing a mini -skirt and was raped because of wearing it and all the leaders just read about it and don't give a damn on what happened next.Why should parties attend to a matter if it happend
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Violence against Girls

Small house, big deal!

Submitted by fungaizim on Wed, 25/03/2009 - 08:42
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Small house, big deal! By Fungai Machirori The name might not quite explain it. After all, most things with the word ‘small’ in front of them aren’t often big issues. But when anyone, particularly women, hear the words, “small house”, they are often filled with some sort of negative emotion. Some people laugh and make light of the matter as if it ought to be acknowledged as a normal part of every man’s life. Men have a need for sexual diversity, so the thinking goes. But I question what kind of a society we would like to build out of such a culture.

internship query

Submitted by blacktulip on Fri, 20/03/2009 - 13:31
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i am currently doing my third year in journalism and finding intership has been a bumpy tough road for me, can someone tell me how voting's supposed to help me? i have been hearing news from other fellow students that if you are not registered to vote inparticular for ANC most likely not going to find a job in our country?
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Rea blogga! Blogathon

My school

Submitted by sipho on Sat, 14/03/2009 - 15:00
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At school on fryday was a fun day Me and my friends came to school There was a child crying we asked what happend to her and she said someone hit her from outside the gate when she out of her transport and she told us that when school come out she is going to wait for us by the gate.