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Category: December 2016
Tribute to a recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Satyagraha Award- Riot Mkhwanazi
Riot Makhomanisi Mkhwanazi, who last year received the Gandhi Development Trust’s Satyagraha Award passed away on 4 December 2016. He was born in Msasandla, KwaDlangezwa in Northern Natal on 16… Continue reading Tribute to a recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Satyagraha Award- Riot Mkhwanazi
SA Constitution- 20 years
We reproduce extracts from the Constitution and ask the following questions 1. As South Africans are we proud of our constitution? 2. To what extent do we understand and know… Continue reading SA Constitution- 20 years
Training Programme
The values training – guided by the manual – trains practitioners in 15 sessions (1 module per 6 hour session) to understand and absorb a core set of universal values… Continue reading Training Programme
Early Childhood Development Values Education Project: Izimpande Zobuntu-The Roots of Ubuntu
GDT’s Early Childhood Development project is growing by leaps and bounds. We were recently asked to assist with the new Waterloo, a township within eThekwini municipality in the North, Project… Continue reading Early Childhood Development Values Education Project: Izimpande Zobuntu-The Roots of Ubuntu
Sustainable economies
As we move towards a greater understanding of indigenous knowledge systems we realise the importance of true history. “History is something we all do, …we do not always realise it.… Continue reading Sustainable economies
Support For DUT Debating Tournament
GDT sponsored a Debating Tournament which was hosted by the DUT Debating Union between 2 and 4 December 2016. More than 50 contestants, drawn from Debating Unions from several South… Continue reading Support For DUT Debating Tournament
Nonviolence Training for Local Youth and Cape Visitors
On 12 December 2016, GDT was represented by Paddy Kearney and Hillary Musarurwa at a workshop hosted by Healing of Memories under the theme “Restoring Humanity”. The exchange workshop was… Continue reading Nonviolence Training for Local Youth and Cape Visitors
Social cohesion Programme – Reaching Out To Bambhayi Community
The Phoenix Settlement which was established by Mahatma Gandhi in 1904 was a 100 acres piece of land. In the 1980’s there was a concerted effort by the apartheid government… Continue reading Social cohesion Programme – Reaching Out To Bambhayi Community
Training in nonviolence
Why do people have to be trained in nonviolence is a frequently asked question. In order to be able to engage in violent encounters one has to train . Violence… Continue reading Training in nonviolence