GCAP South Africa
National Coalition
In South Africa, the coalition is being coordinated by the National Welfare Forum, with the South African Council of Churches providing governance and oversight. Currently, the members of GCAP South Africa include ACESS, African Monitor, Black Sash, CDRA, Eastern Cape Social Service and Development Forum, Global Poverty Program, Gold Peer Education, Northern Cape NGO Coalition, SANGOCO, Southern African Youth Movement, Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII), Women on Farms Project, Southern Africa Trust, Youth Development Network, University of Free State, Inter Press Service (IPS), Epiphany Media, Black Earth Communications, Olive Leaf Foundation, Southern African Youth Movement (SAYM), South African Council of Churches (SACC), National Welfare Forum (NWF), Public Participation in Education Network (PPEN), Nelspruit Community Forum(NCF), Child Care South Africa, Coolpolitics South Africa, Childline KZN, Crossroads International, CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) Southern Africa, Elgin Learning Foundation, HIV-911, Hope2educate, ISAAC (International Strategic Alliance of Apostolic Churches), Koinonia, Project Positive Ray (PPR), SANGONeT, Sonke Gender Justice Network, Ukuthasa, Youth with a Vision, and The Art of Living Foundation.
If you are interested in joining GCAP South Africa, please contact Watson Hamunakwadi on the details below.
Contact Persons:
Mr. Watson Hamunakwadi: c/o NWF: gcapsouthafrica@gmail.com
Ms. Phelisa Nkomo: c/o Black Sash: phelisa@blacksash.org.za
Mr. Rajesh Latchman: c/o NWF: rajesh@forum.org.za
Telephone +27 11 838 0690
Facsimilie +27 11 492 0371
http://www.mzansi.org.za/standup/supporters.php
We are pleased to bring some good news and updates about plans for GCAP‐SA this year. 2010 is a headline year for South Africa and UN MDG Summit later this year adds a special focus on our progress on MDGs in South Africa. We hope to continue working with you and below you will find some of ideas that have been rolling around on email. We would know what you think about them, where the plans can add value to work you are already doing and of course, any suggestions on how to make them better are most welcome.
Ideas:1. GCAP‐SA is keen to coordinate a country report on progress with MDGs; we envision a short document of 16 to 20 pages, with a specific network or coalition taking responsibility for a section on a specific MDG. We imagine a publication date around July 2010. We have been given verbal notice that Stand Up is being moved to September this year to coincide with the UN MDG Summit and there is much work being done for this with a global shadow report being one of the key areas we can get involved in.
2. Provincial meetings where we can gather and discuss any specific headline demands to be included in the GCAP‐SA headline demands and generally see how we can support each other’s work and policy change objectives. We can also look at collaboration around Stand Up 2010 and the proposed MDG review report for SA.
Current Activities:1. First up is an opportunity to attend an informal dinner meeting with staff and global governing council members of GCAP Global sometime in the week of 8 to 12 February, in Johannesburg. We will confirm a date and venue as soon as you indicate your availability. Attendance is self‐funded and it is an opportunity to meet and engage with other people engaged in and working in GCAP to share experiences, discuss our learning’s etc. If you will be in Johannesburg during that week and would like to attend, please drop Watson Hamunakwadi a mail on the address above.
2. We are currently busy with various bi and multi‐lateral initiatives with state and civil society partners in respect of using South Africa’s position as a member of the G20 as a key leverage point for a Pan‐African policy dialogue.
3. We are working towards preparation for Stand Up & Take Action, which will be held in September this year. Last year, we were able to do some great things but almost everyone agreed that we started too late, this year; we want to make sure we prepare and plan very well, so that we can give some real traction to Stand Up 2010.
GCAP‐SA is presently hosted by the National Welfare Forum as an activity of the Human Rights Programme
www.forum.org.za
Nitty Gritty:1. We have created a simple, one page sign up form for GCAP‐SA as a means to ensure we adhere to GCAP Global principles and,
2. We would like to hold a mini‐election by June to elect at least 5 members to an Oversight Committee that will essentially act as the compliance conscience of GCAP‐SA. Even though we are not a formal legal entity, we feel it is prudent to follow some agreed guidelines, so that we are all on the same page from the start and we stay that way too!
We hope you like the update. We look forward to your thoughtful feedback and of course that you will send us your sign‐up forms very soon and that we can work together this year to make some real changes for the people we serve, here in Mzansi and beyond.About GCAP South Africa
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GCAP South Africa content
- GCAP South Africa - civil society resolution on the MDGs
- Since the signing on to the Millennium Development Goals, South Africa has pledged to accomplish the targets by the year 2014. The policy environment of the country incorporates the MDGs tacitly while the over‐arching constitution has greater coverage for human dignity in the context of South Africa.
- THE GCAP E-LETTER - MARCH 08 2010 - Edition #50
- Introduction and Sign up to GCAP South Africa
- GCAP South Africa (GCAP-SA) is a self-selecting coalition of civil society organisations and individuals, working for social justice, encompassing the values of GCAP Global. GCAP-SA works towards an end to poverty, the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and proactive advocacy for all poor and marginalised people in South Africa. GCAP-SA works to engage people, organisations, government and business in dialogue and action to deliver the enshrined Constitutional rights to freedom from poverty and inequality and achieve the MDGs by working together as a nation and building a fair and just society for all people in Mzansi.
- GCAP South Africa's 2010 Plans
- We are pleased to bring some good news and updates about plans for GCAP‐SA this year. 2010 is a headline year for South Africa and UN MDG Summit later this year adds a special focus on our progress on MDGs in South Africa. We hope to continue working with you and below you will find some of ideas that have been rolling around on email. We would know what you think about them, where the plans can add value to work you are already doing and of course, any suggestions on how to make them better are most welcome.
- More video clips from Climate Justice Hearings and live coverage from COP15
- Continuing with the series of clips from Climate Justice Poverty Hearings and Women's Tribunals, which have been taking place in countries all around the world in the lead up to the Climate Change Conference in Copenhague.
- South Africa Climate Poverty Hearing - 26 November 2009 - Notes and Quotes.pdf
- Climate Justice Hearings in South Africa
- Climate Justice Poverty Hearings gathering pace around the world
- Climate Justice Poverty Hearings and Women's Tribunals on Climate Justice have been taking place for the last month from Peru to Ghana to the Seychelles, with more scheduled to take place in the run up to next month's UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
- Invitation to South Africa Climate Justice Hearings.pdf
- Stand Up and Take Action Works!
- This year Stand Up and Take Action Against Poverty and Inequality mobilised an incredible 173,045,325 million people during over 3,000 events in more than 120 countries. In addition to the increase in numbers and the breaking of a new Guinness World record for the largest mobilization of human beings in recorded history, Stand Up 2009 was characterised by even stronger political messages than other years, as the 2015 deadline for the fulfillment of the MDGs looms and the devastating combined affects of the climate, financial, food and gender crises have begun to manifest in increased poverty and inequality.
- GCAP South Africa Welcomes Child Support Grant Announcement
- South Africa coalition members and supporters have welcomed the recent announcement by government that age limit on the current the child support grant will be extended to cover children up to their 18th birthday.
- SOUTH AFRICANS JOIN MILLIONS WORLDWIDE IN “STAND UP & TAKE ACTION AGAINST POVERTY”
- “Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now!” mobilisation will take place from October 16th to 18th, bringing together millions of people across the globe to call on world leaders to eradicate extreme poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
- Letters to the G20 - Rajesh Latchman, GCAP South Africa
- "We ask that the G20 countries provide additional resources for poor countries to deal with the financial crisis in a way that does not impose harmful counter-developmental conditionalities."
- Coverage of letter to G20 from GCAP South Africa
- Letters to the G20
- GCAP South Africa - Learning Brief 2009
- GCAP-SA renewed membership and coordination
- OPEN LETTER TO G20 FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING 14 MARCH in LONDON
- G20 2009 - April 2nd - Finance Ministers Lobby letter (sample)
- The G20 Finance Ministers are meeting Saturday 14th March, this lobby letter can be sent prior to their meeting to focus their talks on GCAP demands.
- The last days before Stand Up and Take Action against poverty and inequality
- This is one of those times when you feel incredibly lucky to be in the right job at the right time. My inbox is bulging with remarkable and inspirational updates from GCAP coalitions and partners as they prepare to Stand Up and Take Action from October 17-19. It currently looks as if more than 1% of the world’s population, 67 million people will take part which would make it surely one of, if not the, biggest mobilisation of people on one issue at one time in history.
