1. The memorandum demands the recovery of millions of rands stolen through corruption related to food relief, solid waste management, and water and sanitation to be redirected transparently to community projects.
2. It demands an end to illegal evictions during the pandemic and compensation for losses, as well as justice for officials responsible.
3. Additional demands include closure of the violent Land Invasion Unit, tenure security for RDP housing, participation in decision-making, recognition of grassroots planning, and an end to discrimination and violence against women, migrants, and LGBTIQ+ people.
This study on the denotified, nomadic tribes in India.
With there current culture and tradition, livelihoods about the denotified, nomadic tribe.
Also discuss about the Union Budget 2020-21.
What are problems faces by this communities?
Why are denotified tribes and nomadic tribes far away from the development even after so many years of independence.
May Golan The hebrew City Party Manifesto joins Likud Tel Aviv Election 2013.
The “Hebrew City” Party was established by South Tel Aviv resident May Golan who emerged as the leading social activist, voice, and symbol of hope for the people who are forced to fight daily injustices on their impoverished streets, and who demand social equality and the return of Hebrew character to all of Tel Aviv.
Our South Tel Aviv community has unfairly endured years of severe neglect and deprivation in education, infrastructure, and social decay with the most unsafe streets in Israel. With dangers of violence at every turn, our daily life has become so impossible, that we, the Jewish residents of South Tel Aviv – young and old – demand the return of our basic human rights to live without fear, in safety and security.
Denotified Tribes (DNTs), also known as Vimukta Jati, are the tribes that were originally listed under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871, as "Criminal Tribes" and "addicted to the systematic commission of non-bailable offences." Once a tribe became "notified" as criminal, all its members were required to register with the local magistrate, failing which they would be charged with a "crime" under the Indian Penal Code. The Criminal Tribes Act of 1952 repealed the notification, i.e. 'de-notified' the tribal communities. This Act, however, was replaced by a series of Habitual Offenders Acts, that asked police to investigate a "suspect's" "criminal tendencies" and whether their occupation is "conducive to settled way of life." The denotified tribes were reclassified as "habitual offenders" in 1959.
The name "Criminal Tribes" is itself a misnomer as no definition of tribe denotes occupation, but they were identified as tribes "performing" their primary occupation. The first census was in 1871 and at that time there was no consensus nor any definition of what constitutes a "tribe". The terms "tribe" and "caste" were used interchangeably for these communities.
This study on the denotified, nomadic tribes in India.
With there current culture and tradition, livelihoods about the denotified, nomadic tribe.
Also discuss about the Union Budget 2020-21.
What are problems faces by this communities?
Why are denotified tribes and nomadic tribes far away from the development even after so many years of independence.
May Golan The hebrew City Party Manifesto joins Likud Tel Aviv Election 2013.
The “Hebrew City” Party was established by South Tel Aviv resident May Golan who emerged as the leading social activist, voice, and symbol of hope for the people who are forced to fight daily injustices on their impoverished streets, and who demand social equality and the return of Hebrew character to all of Tel Aviv.
Our South Tel Aviv community has unfairly endured years of severe neglect and deprivation in education, infrastructure, and social decay with the most unsafe streets in Israel. With dangers of violence at every turn, our daily life has become so impossible, that we, the Jewish residents of South Tel Aviv – young and old – demand the return of our basic human rights to live without fear, in safety and security.
Denotified Tribes (DNTs), also known as Vimukta Jati, are the tribes that were originally listed under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871, as "Criminal Tribes" and "addicted to the systematic commission of non-bailable offences." Once a tribe became "notified" as criminal, all its members were required to register with the local magistrate, failing which they would be charged with a "crime" under the Indian Penal Code. The Criminal Tribes Act of 1952 repealed the notification, i.e. 'de-notified' the tribal communities. This Act, however, was replaced by a series of Habitual Offenders Acts, that asked police to investigate a "suspect's" "criminal tendencies" and whether their occupation is "conducive to settled way of life." The denotified tribes were reclassified as "habitual offenders" in 1959.
The name "Criminal Tribes" is itself a misnomer as no definition of tribe denotes occupation, but they were identified as tribes "performing" their primary occupation. The first census was in 1871 and at that time there was no consensus nor any definition of what constitutes a "tribe". The terms "tribe" and "caste" were used interchangeably for these communities.
Ending Homelessness in Kingston and Across Canada: What's the Plan?Wellesley Institute
This presentation examines the steps necessary to end homelessness in Kingston and Canada.
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
This presentation examines social housing and housing needs in Toronto and Canada.
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twiter @wellesleyWI
This presentation suggests that housing and homelessness are not just concerns for the city centre. It looks at how housing insecurity is deep and persisting; how poor housing effects people, communities, the economy and government; the diminishing federal investments in housing; and our lack of a comprehensive national plan.
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
New Protections for Victims of Harassment and Domestic Violence
HUD recently added new regulations on fair housing claims for harassment based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, or disability. The new regulations also clarify when housing providers and others may be held directly or vicariously liable for illegal harassment or other discriminatory housing practices.
Open letter from Amnesty International African directors to President Jacob ZumaAmnesty International UK
The directors of Amnesty in South Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo have written an open letter to influential leaders in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), asking them to stand up for human rights in Zimbabwe and ensure that their election observers also respond to any allegations of human rights violations.
Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the launch of the Hillside Integrated...SABC News
It is a great honour for me to be in this beautiful province of the Free State today. This is a place where, 107 years ago, South Africans gathered to imagine a new society that would indeed be united in its diversity. More than a century ago, our people envisioned a new nation that would put discrimination and racism behind it and build a democratic and prosperous society.
We are organisations and individuals – from all walks of life, all ages, all religions and beliefs - who have joined together to take a stand against all forms and all sources of corruption. We do so because corruption is a cancer that infects and impacts negatively on all people and institutions throughout the country – but more so, it hampers the prosperity of the people of South Africa, especially those from the poorest and most vulnerable communities across our country.
KAIROS 'Women of Courage' DR Congo DelegationKAIROS Canada
From June 16-29, Canadian Church leaders and delegates will participate in a KAIROS-led delegation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The DRC represents one of the world’s worst human rights and humanitarian crises, with shocking levels of gender-based violence. Leadership from Canadian churches, through representation on this delegation, is moved to respond, to witness what is happening on the ground in the DRC, to accompany partners and to demonstrate solidarity. The delegation also seeks to deepen the understanding of the human rights and environmental impact of resource extraction on communities in the eastern DRC, in particular the impact on the already appalling reality faced by women. The delegation will not only raise awareness among Canadian church constituencies, the Canadian public and the Canadian government about the human rights situation, violence against women and the impact of resource extraction, it also will make concrete recommendation to Canadians and to the Government of Canada on how to address this egregious situation.
Ending Homelessness in Kingston and Across Canada: What's the Plan?Wellesley Institute
This presentation examines the steps necessary to end homelessness in Kingston and Canada.
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
This presentation examines social housing and housing needs in Toronto and Canada.
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twiter @wellesleyWI
This presentation suggests that housing and homelessness are not just concerns for the city centre. It looks at how housing insecurity is deep and persisting; how poor housing effects people, communities, the economy and government; the diminishing federal investments in housing; and our lack of a comprehensive national plan.
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
New Protections for Victims of Harassment and Domestic Violence
HUD recently added new regulations on fair housing claims for harassment based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, or disability. The new regulations also clarify when housing providers and others may be held directly or vicariously liable for illegal harassment or other discriminatory housing practices.
Open letter from Amnesty International African directors to President Jacob ZumaAmnesty International UK
The directors of Amnesty in South Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo have written an open letter to influential leaders in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), asking them to stand up for human rights in Zimbabwe and ensure that their election observers also respond to any allegations of human rights violations.
Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the launch of the Hillside Integrated...SABC News
It is a great honour for me to be in this beautiful province of the Free State today. This is a place where, 107 years ago, South Africans gathered to imagine a new society that would indeed be united in its diversity. More than a century ago, our people envisioned a new nation that would put discrimination and racism behind it and build a democratic and prosperous society.
We are organisations and individuals – from all walks of life, all ages, all religions and beliefs - who have joined together to take a stand against all forms and all sources of corruption. We do so because corruption is a cancer that infects and impacts negatively on all people and institutions throughout the country – but more so, it hampers the prosperity of the people of South Africa, especially those from the poorest and most vulnerable communities across our country.
KAIROS 'Women of Courage' DR Congo DelegationKAIROS Canada
From June 16-29, Canadian Church leaders and delegates will participate in a KAIROS-led delegation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The DRC represents one of the world’s worst human rights and humanitarian crises, with shocking levels of gender-based violence. Leadership from Canadian churches, through representation on this delegation, is moved to respond, to witness what is happening on the ground in the DRC, to accompany partners and to demonstrate solidarity. The delegation also seeks to deepen the understanding of the human rights and environmental impact of resource extraction on communities in the eastern DRC, in particular the impact on the already appalling reality faced by women. The delegation will not only raise awareness among Canadian church constituencies, the Canadian public and the Canadian government about the human rights situation, violence against women and the impact of resource extraction, it also will make concrete recommendation to Canadians and to the Government of Canada on how to address this egregious situation.
The Minister of Police Bheki Cele visited Westbury yesterday and made a political speech with No substance and demonstrated his inability to deal justly with our community.
If we analyze the police protection unit around him, not One so-called Coloured Police Officer could be seen, so it is clear, the problem is Systemic and Unbearable.
UDM believes a multi-party government will ward off corruption. It's promising to train unemployed youth in agriculture, tourism and community development projects.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT GREEN WASHING IS!.pdfJulietMogola
Many companies today use green washing to lure the public into thinking they are conserving the environment but in real sense they are doing more harm. There have been such several cases from very big companies here in Kenya and also globally. This ranges from various sectors from manufacturing and goes to consumer products. Educating people on greenwashing will enable people to make better choices based on their analysis and not on what they see on marketing sites.
Micro RNA genes and their likely influence in rice (Oryza sativa L.) dynamic ...Open Access Research Paper
Micro RNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs molecules having approximately 18-25 nucleotides, they are present in both plants and animals genomes. MiRNAs have diverse spatial expression patterns and regulate various developmental metabolisms, stress responses and other physiological processes. The dynamic gene expression playing major roles in phenotypic differences in organisms are believed to be controlled by miRNAs. Mutations in regions of regulatory factors, such as miRNA genes or transcription factors (TF) necessitated by dynamic environmental factors or pathogen infections, have tremendous effects on structure and expression of genes. The resultant novel gene products presents potential explanations for constant evolving desirable traits that have long been bred using conventional means, biotechnology or genetic engineering. Rice grain quality, yield, disease tolerance, climate-resilience and palatability properties are not exceptional to miRN Asmutations effects. There are new insights courtesy of high-throughput sequencing and improved proteomic techniques that organisms’ complexity and adaptations are highly contributed by miRNAs containing regulatory networks. This article aims to expound on how rice miRNAs could be driving evolution of traits and highlight the latest miRNA research progress. Moreover, the review accentuates miRNAs grey areas to be addressed and gives recommendations for further studies.
Natural farming @ Dr. Siddhartha S. Jena.pptxsidjena70
A brief about organic farming/ Natural farming/ Zero budget natural farming/ Subash Palekar Natural farming which keeps us and environment safe and healthy. Next gen Agricultural practices of chemical free farming.
Characterization and the Kinetics of drying at the drying oven and with micro...Open Access Research Paper
The objective of this work is to contribute to valorization de Nephelium lappaceum by the characterization of kinetics of drying of seeds of Nephelium lappaceum. The seeds were dehydrated until a constant mass respectively in a drying oven and a microwawe oven. The temperatures and the powers of drying are respectively: 50, 60 and 70°C and 140, 280 and 420 W. The results show that the curves of drying of seeds of Nephelium lappaceum do not present a phase of constant kinetics. The coefficients of diffusion vary between 2.09.10-8 to 2.98. 10-8m-2/s in the interval of 50°C at 70°C and between 4.83×10-07 at 9.04×10-07 m-8/s for the powers going of 140 W with 420 W the relation between Arrhenius and a value of energy of activation of 16.49 kJ. mol-1 expressed the effect of the temperature on effective diffusivity.
"Understanding the Carbon Cycle: Processes, Human Impacts, and Strategies for...MMariSelvam4
The carbon cycle is a critical component of Earth's environmental system, governing the movement and transformation of carbon through various reservoirs, including the atmosphere, oceans, soil, and living organisms. This complex cycle involves several key processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, and carbon sequestration, each contributing to the regulation of carbon levels on the planet.
Human activities, particularly fossil fuel combustion and deforestation, have significantly altered the natural carbon cycle, leading to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and driving climate change. Understanding the intricacies of the carbon cycle is essential for assessing the impacts of these changes and developing effective mitigation strategies.
By studying the carbon cycle, scientists can identify carbon sources and sinks, measure carbon fluxes, and predict future trends. This knowledge is crucial for crafting policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions, enhancing carbon storage, and promoting sustainable practices. The carbon cycle's interplay with climate systems, ecosystems, and human activities underscores its importance in maintaining a stable and healthy planet.
In-depth exploration of the carbon cycle reveals the delicate balance required to sustain life and the urgent need to address anthropogenic influences. Through research, education, and policy, we can work towards restoring equilibrium in the carbon cycle and ensuring a sustainable future for generations to come.
Diabetes is a rapidly and serious health problem in Pakistan. This chronic condition is associated with serious long-term complications, including higher risk of heart disease and stroke. Aggressive treatment of hypertension and hyperlipideamia can result in a substantial reduction in cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes 1. Consequently pharmacist-led diabetes cardiovascular risk (DCVR) clinics have been established in both primary and secondary care sites in NHS Lothian during the past five years. An audit of the pharmaceutical care delivery at the clinics was conducted in order to evaluate practice and to standardize the pharmacists’ documentation of outcomes. Pharmaceutical care issues (PCI) and patient details were collected both prospectively and retrospectively from three DCVR clinics. The PCI`s were categorized according to a triangularised system consisting of multiple categories. These were ‘checks’, ‘changes’ (‘change in drug therapy process’ and ‘change in drug therapy’), ‘drug therapy problems’ and ‘quality assurance descriptors’ (‘timer perspective’ and ‘degree of change’). A verified medication assessment tool (MAT) for patients with chronic cardiovascular disease was applied to the patients from one of the clinics. The tool was used to quantify PCI`s and pharmacist actions that were centered on implementing or enforcing clinical guideline standards. A database was developed to be used as an assessment tool and to standardize the documentation of achievement of outcomes. Feedback on the audit of the pharmaceutical care delivery and the database was received from the DCVR clinic pharmacist at a focus group meeting.
DRAFT NRW Recreation Strategy - People and Nature thriving together
memorandum AbM
1. MEMORANDUM OF DEMANDS TO THE PREMIER OF KWAZULU-
NATAL, THE HONOURABLE MR SIHLE ZIKALAL AND THE MEC
FOR COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL
AFFAIRS, THE HONOURABLE MR SIPHO HLOMUKA
Handed over by Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA in Durban on
Monday, 19 October 2020
Stop corruption, forced evictions and all forms of violence
against Abahlali members, migrant communities, women and
LGBTIQ+ people
We are members and supporters of Abahlali baseMjondolo. We are
street traders, hostel dwellers, poor flat dwellers, fisher folks,
residents of polluted areas, migrants and workers.
We are residents of this city. We are democrats committed to the
flourishing of this country. We speak for ourselves and direct our own
struggle. We have no hidden agenda. We have been mobilised by
our own suffering and our hopes for a better life, a better South Africa
and a better world.
Many of us are landless. Many of us do not have decent housing.
Many of us do not live in safe neighbourhoods. Many of us have no
jobs. Most of us that do have some work do not have secure jobs that
pay a living wage and provide medical aid. Most of us are living in
deep poverty.
In every disaster - whether it is floods, fires, pollution or disease - we
are most at risk. The state does not treat us like other people. We are
regularly ignored, insulted, harassed, assaulted and robbed by state
officials. The state regularly destroys our homes and our street stalls
at gunpoint. Some of our neighbours and comrades have been
murdered by the state. Across the country the state regularly abuses
and murders poor black people.
2. But this democracy was not won by the politicians and it does not
belong to them. It was won by the struggles of the people and that
includes people like us, people like Jabu Ndlovu, Dorothy Nyembe,
Florence Mkhize, Johannes Nkosi and Zulu Phungula. It was won by
organisations like the ICU, Fosatu, the UDF and Cosatu,
organisations with members who were people like us. This
democracy belongs to the people, and we are part of the people.
The wealth controlled by the state was not built by the politicians. It is
not their private property. It comes from our dispossession and
exploitation. We were made poor so that others could be made rich.
That wealth belongs to the people. It is public property.
Public funds must be used for the public good. Corruption is theft
from the public, theft that hits and hurts the poor the hardest.
Corruption is always an attack on the people. It always robs our
communities of the potential to improve our living conditions and to
develop.
But even after all the corruption that we have seen, year after year,
the huge scale of the theft of public money during the Covid-19
lockdown was still a shock. This corruption, perpetrated during the
pandemic, was a direct attack on our right to health and life.
We have made a number of attempts to engage our municipalities
and our provincial government on this issue only to be ignored.
We all agree that there is a serious crisis in our country and in the
City of Durban. People are losing jobs and being pushed of their land
at gunpoint. People are going hungry. The new grants are not
reaching us.
Corruption has vandalised our communities. The councillor system
has not only become a system of top down political control. It is also
a threat to future stability in our country. Some councillors are a
3. danger to our democracy and our communities. In some wards
people are terrorised by the councillors and their committees.
Today we are marching against corruption, violence and forced
evictions. Today we unite behind the following concrete demands:
1. The R25 million allocated by the KwaZulu-Natal
Department of Social Development to provide food relief to
the poor must be recovered from those individuals and
companies that have stolen it and be directed to impoverished
people in an open and transparent manner and via freely
elected community structures subject to the right to recall.
The thieves must be called to justice.
2. The R430 million stolen from the Durban Solid Waste
budget, allegedly by the former eThekwini mayor and others,
must be recovered and redirected, in an open and transparent
manner, to projects to clean our settlements and our
townships run under the authority of freely elected community
structures. The thieves must be called to justice.
3. The R700 million allegedly stolen from eThekwini Water
and Sanitation Unit must be recovered and redirected to
support the water and sanitation needs of our settlements and
our townships under the transparent authority of freely elected
community structures. The thieves must be called to justice.
4. Many of our members have been illegally and violently
removed from their homes during the State of National
Disaster making them even more vulnerable. We demand that
4. all those who have been evicted be reinstated on their land
and in their homes. They must be compensated for their
losses and suffering. All government officials who ordered
and carried out illegal evictions must be called to justice.
5. The eThekwini Municipality’s Land Invasion Unit is a
militarised structure with no purpose but to violently repress
the poor. It has killed people. Now the Calvin and Family
Security company is also doing this dirty work. We demand
the immediate closure of the Land Invasion Unit, and a full
investigation into the Calvin and Family Security company
including how it got the tender to attack us, and why it has
been allowed to engage in violent and illegal actions in broad
daylight. All officials in these organisations who have carried
out illegal evictions and other illegal acts must be called to
justice.
6. Many of us live in substandard housing conditions like
pigs in the mud. Some of us live under dangerous electric
wires. Some of us live in the dangerous pollution of the oil
refineries. We demand decent housing, safe neighbourhoods
and the provision of all basic services
7. Many of us have already been living for too long in RDP
houses but without any tenure security. Without this security
councillors and party committees can remove us from these
houses at any time. We demand immediate tenure security.
5. 8. We demand genuine participation in all decision making
that affects our lives.
9. We demand recognition for grassroots urban planning.
10. We demand the full disclosure of the Housing budget and
the list of beneficiaries in eThekwini and from the Provincial
Department of Human Settlements.
11. For too long the promise of houses has been downgraded
to forced removal to transit camps. These transit camps are
more like prisons than homes. Therefore, we demand an
immediate end to all transit camps so that the dignity of the
people that have been taken to transit camps can be
immediately restored.
12. For too long the municipality has terrorised street traders
by confiscating their stock and failing to provide necessary
permits while they are struggling to be allowed to make a fair
living. We demand an end to all harassment of street traders.
13. For too long poor people have been turned against one
another. Therefore, we demand an immediate end to all forms
of discrimination against people born in other countries.
14. For too long women have been harassed, abused and
6. murdered with impunity. We demand immediate action to
secure the equality, safety and dignity of all women.
15. For too long there has been discrimination and violence
against LGBTIQ+ people. We demand immediate action to
secure the equality, safety and dignity of all LGBTIQ+ people.
Furthermore, just as people around our country and the world are
uniting in support of our struggle we express our support for our
comrades elsewhere in the country and the world.
We take this opportunity to express our gratitude to everyone who
has journeyed with us over the past 15 years of our struggle.