Published December 03, 2008 @ 06:28AM PT

(CNN.com) LONDON, England (CNN) -- One million free text messages will be sent every day for 12 months from Monday in South Africa in a bid to raise HIV awareness and encourage testing for the disease. Former South African president Nelson Mandela launched a similar cell phone initiative in 2003. The ambitious Project Masiluleke is being rolled out across the country after a pilot period that saw calls to a AIDS national helpline shoot ... Read More

Published October 26, 2008 @ 06:08PM PT

Why inequality prevails in Cape Town     October 21 2008 at 10:25AM Related Articles Ash MondayJoburg SA's best city By David McDonald I have been conducting research on the city of Cape Town for the past 15 years. My work has focused primarily on inequality in the city, particularly with regards to basic municipal services such as water, sanitation and electricity. By some indicators, inequality in Cape Town has improved. There are more people with access to houses, water, healthcare, education and other important a... Read More

Published September 25, 2008 @ 12:03PM PT

After living in Cape Town for 3 years, I have become a big fan of BBC news.  No network is perfect and, as any educated global citizen knows, you're always best served with a schmorgesboard of different anchors, opinions and perspectives.  That said, it's been interesting to follow stories on both the American economic troubles and the South African political jumble (even after the cabinet's rendition of musical chairs earlier this year).  As a co-founder and fundraiser for CHOSA, I am being careful to strike the balance between understanding the uncertainty of our donors' financial status here in the USA and the reality that the funding CHOSA provides to our sponsored projects in South Africa is as necessary today as ever.  I sent out a challenge to all of our a... Read More

Published September 12, 2007 @ 02:35AM PT

Commonly adopted throughout the world, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child claims a universal set of principles that are meant to protect all children. See: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm But children also have responsibilities. What responsibilities do you think children have?