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Cadbury now Fairtrade certified
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- 11 March 2009
Confectionery giant Cadbury has made a landmark stride towards bringing progress and stability to the lives of poor farmers in the developing world. Since becoming Fairtrade certified for its best-selling Dairy Milk brand, farmers in West Africa will now be able to secure better deals for their produce.
Women gain power, vote by vote
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- 10 March 2009
In Kailahun, Sierra Leone, the poorest region in the world's poorest country, women are trying to effect change on the issues that matter to them – maternal mortality, girls’ education, teenage pregnancy, literacy rates for women – by entering political office.
African film takes centre stage at Fespaco
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- 04 March 2009
African filmmakers and film lovers have gathered in the small city of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso for Fespaco, the largest Pan-African film festival on the continent, now in its 40th year. MediaClubSouthAfrica.com journalist Khanyi Magubane is there.
2009 - the Year of Natural Fibres
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- 03 March 2009
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has declared 2009 to be the International Year of Natural Fibres, and South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is backing the initiative.
Light for Africa
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- 27 February 2009
Electronics giant Philips has developed a solar-powered reading light that is targeted at the education sector in Africa, giving schoolchildren the means to carry on with their homework after darkness has fallen, especially in communities where electricity supply is erratic or non-existent.
An open solution to healthcare
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- 24 February 2009
A group of musicians, among them Grammy-winning singer Youssou N'Dour and South African-born producer Gavin Hardkiss, have created an album to raise funds for wider distribution of open source software among health workers in Africa.
The treasures of Afrika House
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- 24 February 2009
On a visit to the home of Kingsley Holgate, South Africa’s old-time explorer, philanthropist and sometime pirate, Kathryn Fourie discovers a trove of fascinating artefacts collected in travels across Africa.
