Up Beat Issue Number 4 1991
- SACHED
- Authors: SACHED
- Date: 1991
- Subjects: SACHED
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116211 , vital:34334
- Description: On the night of the 8 March 1991, a thousand women braved the rain to march through the streets of Johannesburg. They chose this day for their protest march because the 8 March is International Women’s Day. The women marched to highlight the problem of violence against women. They said that women are not safe on the streets at night. Many women are not even safe in their own homes! The night they marched about 140 women were raped in South Africa between six and nine o’ clock. Many women were beaten and raped in their own homes, some were hurt by their own husbands or boyfriends. ‘We want to feel safe in our own homes, at work and in the streets. We demand an end to violence against women,’ Monique Marks of the ANC Women’s League said. Copies of the demands were sent to the Chief Magistrate of Johannesburg, the City Council and Health Department.
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- Date Issued: 1991
- Authors: SACHED
- Date: 1991
- Subjects: SACHED
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116211 , vital:34334
- Description: On the night of the 8 March 1991, a thousand women braved the rain to march through the streets of Johannesburg. They chose this day for their protest march because the 8 March is International Women’s Day. The women marched to highlight the problem of violence against women. They said that women are not safe on the streets at night. Many women are not even safe in their own homes! The night they marched about 140 women were raped in South Africa between six and nine o’ clock. Many women were beaten and raped in their own homes, some were hurt by their own husbands or boyfriends. ‘We want to feel safe in our own homes, at work and in the streets. We demand an end to violence against women,’ Monique Marks of the ANC Women’s League said. Copies of the demands were sent to the Chief Magistrate of Johannesburg, the City Council and Health Department.
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- Date Issued: 1991
Up Beat Issue Number 5 1991
- SACHED
- Authors: SACHED
- Date: 1991
- Subjects: SACHED
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/118972 , vital:34689
- Description: Two years ago in Lebowa there were no school textbooks. But between March 1986 and September 1989 the Lebowa Education Department paid out R98 million to booksellers for books and stationary. So where were the books? A recent enquiry into the Lebowa Education Department found out that people who worked for the Lebowa Education Department also owned bookshops. These shops received the biggest orders to supply schools with books. But the books never got to the schools. When the enquiry did a spot check, they found 300 000 new books lying unused in storerooms and schools!
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- Date Issued: 1991
- Authors: SACHED
- Date: 1991
- Subjects: SACHED
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/118972 , vital:34689
- Description: Two years ago in Lebowa there were no school textbooks. But between March 1986 and September 1989 the Lebowa Education Department paid out R98 million to booksellers for books and stationary. So where were the books? A recent enquiry into the Lebowa Education Department found out that people who worked for the Lebowa Education Department also owned bookshops. These shops received the biggest orders to supply schools with books. But the books never got to the schools. When the enquiry did a spot check, they found 300 000 new books lying unused in storerooms and schools!
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- Date Issued: 1991
Up Beat Issue Number 6 1991
- SACHED
- Authors: SACHED
- Date: 1991
- Subjects: SACHED
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116259 , vital:34347
- Description: The people of Paballelo in Upingtonhadabig party. They started celebrating on Thursday 30 May and they carried on right through the week-end. They were happy because their friends were home, home from death row in jail. Perhaps some readers will remember reading a story in Upbeat last year about Evelina de Bruin. She was one of the people from Upington on death row. She was also one of the people set free on the 30 May. The first thing that Evelina did when she stepped out of prison was to hug her children that she had missed so much. ‘I feel the same now, seeing my children as I did when I saw them for the first time as newborns,’ said Evelina. Next Evelina gave her husband, Gideon Madlongwane a big hug. Gideon had also just been freed from death row. Evelina still says she was innocent. ‘I heard about the death of the policeman while I was doing my washing,’ said Evelina. ‘I was shocked when I was arrested. But I was not afraid. I knew Gideon and I had done nothing. I never dreamt that we would spend three and a half years in jail.’ Evelina’s lawyers are happy and angry. They feel that she shouldn’t have gone to jail in the first place. But they are happy that their appeal against the death sentences of the 14 people from Upington has been overturned.
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- Date Issued: 1991
- Authors: SACHED
- Date: 1991
- Subjects: SACHED
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116259 , vital:34347
- Description: The people of Paballelo in Upingtonhadabig party. They started celebrating on Thursday 30 May and they carried on right through the week-end. They were happy because their friends were home, home from death row in jail. Perhaps some readers will remember reading a story in Upbeat last year about Evelina de Bruin. She was one of the people from Upington on death row. She was also one of the people set free on the 30 May. The first thing that Evelina did when she stepped out of prison was to hug her children that she had missed so much. ‘I feel the same now, seeing my children as I did when I saw them for the first time as newborns,’ said Evelina. Next Evelina gave her husband, Gideon Madlongwane a big hug. Gideon had also just been freed from death row. Evelina still says she was innocent. ‘I heard about the death of the policeman while I was doing my washing,’ said Evelina. ‘I was shocked when I was arrested. But I was not afraid. I knew Gideon and I had done nothing. I never dreamt that we would spend three and a half years in jail.’ Evelina’s lawyers are happy and angry. They feel that she shouldn’t have gone to jail in the first place. But they are happy that their appeal against the death sentences of the 14 people from Upington has been overturned.
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- Date Issued: 1991
Up Beat Issue Number 7 1991
- SACHED
- Authors: SACHED
- Date: 1991
- Subjects: SACHED
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/119009 , vital:34693
- Description: It’s that time of year again - exam time! But there’s no need to panic. We’ve got lots of stories to help you get through the exams. Turn to page 22 for some study tips. For those of you doing Geography, don’t miss the first part of our new series on mapwork. For history students, there’s a story on the vote. Need to find books to help you with your studies? We’ve got information on how to find books in the library. But there are also stories to enjoy. Read about Prophets of the City, a great new rap group with a message. And don’t forget to enter out exciting music competition or our drawing competition on page 25. You could be one of the lucky Upbeat winners! In the meantime, to all of you writing exams, we’re holding thumbs. Good luck!
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- Date Issued: 1991
- Authors: SACHED
- Date: 1991
- Subjects: SACHED
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/119009 , vital:34693
- Description: It’s that time of year again - exam time! But there’s no need to panic. We’ve got lots of stories to help you get through the exams. Turn to page 22 for some study tips. For those of you doing Geography, don’t miss the first part of our new series on mapwork. For history students, there’s a story on the vote. Need to find books to help you with your studies? We’ve got information on how to find books in the library. But there are also stories to enjoy. Read about Prophets of the City, a great new rap group with a message. And don’t forget to enter out exciting music competition or our drawing competition on page 25. You could be one of the lucky Upbeat winners! In the meantime, to all of you writing exams, we’re holding thumbs. Good luck!
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- Date Issued: 1991
Up Beat Issue Number 8 1991
- SACHED
- Authors: SACHED
- Date: 1991
- Subjects: SACHED
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116633 , vital:34419
- Description: On 7 August, more than 6 000 teachers from all over the Transvaal gathered in Johannesburg. The teachers wanted the government to know how difficult teaching is when there are no proper facilities. The teachers met at the City Hall to talk about their problems. Then, at one o’clock, everyone left the hall and marched to the Department of Education and Training offices in Braamfontein. Down Rissik Street the teachers marched, right past the Upbeat offices. All you could see were teachers, teachers and more teachers. When they reached the DET offices, they gave the DET a list of their demands. This is what your teachers want. The DET must recognise the teachers’ union, SADTU. The DET must stop making the lives of teachers who belong to the union difficult. All teachers must earn a living wage. There must be smaller classes and more teachers. All schools must be open to all people. Women teachers and girl students must be treated the same as males. All education laws to do with apartheid must go. The DET must confirm the jobs of all teachers on probation.
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- Date Issued: 1991
- Authors: SACHED
- Date: 1991
- Subjects: SACHED
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116633 , vital:34419
- Description: On 7 August, more than 6 000 teachers from all over the Transvaal gathered in Johannesburg. The teachers wanted the government to know how difficult teaching is when there are no proper facilities. The teachers met at the City Hall to talk about their problems. Then, at one o’clock, everyone left the hall and marched to the Department of Education and Training offices in Braamfontein. Down Rissik Street the teachers marched, right past the Upbeat offices. All you could see were teachers, teachers and more teachers. When they reached the DET offices, they gave the DET a list of their demands. This is what your teachers want. The DET must recognise the teachers’ union, SADTU. The DET must stop making the lives of teachers who belong to the union difficult. All teachers must earn a living wage. There must be smaller classes and more teachers. All schools must be open to all people. Women teachers and girl students must be treated the same as males. All education laws to do with apartheid must go. The DET must confirm the jobs of all teachers on probation.
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- Date Issued: 1991
Women workers
- CWIU
- Authors: CWIU
- Date: 1991
- Subjects: CWIU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178894 , vital:43009
- Description: In South Africa the majority of women workers are oppressed and exploited as workers,blacks and as women. Our resolution says that one of the key ways women can take up their rightful place as active members and leaders of our society is through active policies of affirmative action at the workplace and within our own organisations. The resolution calls on employers to work towards ending discrimination at the workplace as quickly as possible and for an end to discrimination within our own organisations.
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- Date Issued: 1991
- Authors: CWIU
- Date: 1991
- Subjects: CWIU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178894 , vital:43009
- Description: In South Africa the majority of women workers are oppressed and exploited as workers,blacks and as women. Our resolution says that one of the key ways women can take up their rightful place as active members and leaders of our society is through active policies of affirmative action at the workplace and within our own organisations. The resolution calls on employers to work towards ending discrimination at the workplace as quickly as possible and for an end to discrimination within our own organisations.
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- Date Issued: 1991