June the month of the Freedom Charter, the start of Passive Resistance, and youth month
Wreaths placed at the memorial by stalwarts Kay Munsamy, Swaminathan Gounden and Monty Naicker’s son Kreesen Naicker, accompanied by Sastri College alumni who are now taking care of this memorial. The importance of
Paolo Friere’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Gandhian Education
Discussion about colonial education and how to decolonise education is rife everywhere in S.A. Here are ideas of two personalities who have written much about education and how education can be used to oppress and
Gandhi Development Trust’s Early Childhood Development Values Education Project: Izimpande Zobuntu By Kanya Padayachee
Dramatising a values story in a Values Education class (Inhlangano Yeziwe Day Care Centre, Folweni) during evaluation. Gandhi Development Trust’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) Values Education Project (VEP) is making incremental progress in
The Land Question in Southern Africa and India By Anil Nauriya
Picture from Agricultural Land for sale Tamil Nadu - Labourers on a paddy farm The subject of land reforms seems again to be in the air. Both India and southern Africa have had
Social Cohesion Conferences
Doctors Naicker, Xuma, Dadoo signing the historic pact Recently there have been many attempts at looking into the levels of racism in South Africa. While we have had a number of forums where
Satyagraha in Pursuit of Truth
A decision has been taken to produce Satyagraha once a quarter. This is why we have not been on line for the past two months. This edition is for March 2017 and the next edition
Human Rights and Women’s Rights
By some coincidence our Government declared 21st March as Human Rights Day while the month of march is celebrated as the international month when we reflect on women’s rights and status. Historically the gross violation
Why Phoenix Settlement Should be Declared a World Heritage Site
Entrance to Phoenix Settlement Kasturba Bhavan –home built by Manilal Gandhi Recently a group of African Americans from the National Association of African American Studies visited
The Significance of the Three Doctors Pact
Dr G.M. Naicker, A.B. Xuma, and Yusuf Dadoo(Courtesy SAHO) On the 9 March 1947 Dr A.B. Xuma , President of the African National Congress, Dr Yusuf Dadoo President of the Transvaal Indian Congress
Special Report on Peace Boat
The following link is a special report of the Peace Boat - South Africa Then and Now - The Struggle for Equality, Jan 15, 2017 http://peaceboat.org/english/?page=view&nr=580&type=20&menu=64
Corn Fritters
Take 500 gram of sweet corn, a large piece of ginger, 6 green chillies and blend it in an electric blender to a course consistency. The sweet corn should appear to be halved. Add three
Season Greetings GDT and Satyagraha in Pursuit of Truth
and wishes all its readers a wonderful end of the year season and a New Year filled with hope and good tidings for all.
Tribute to a recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Satyagraha Award- Riot Mkhwanazi
Here he stands in front of the Old Central Prison Wall (in Durban) painted with clauses from the Human Rights Charter with Sonny Singh a fellow prisoner on Robben Island and later in exile.
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 the constitution? 3. What clauses
Training Programme
Trainers engaged in story discussion in the story writing section The values training – guided by the manual – trains practitioners in 15 sessions (1 module per 6 hour session) to understand and
Early Childhood Development Values Education Project: Izimpande Zobuntu-The Roots of Ubuntu
Nomandla Mbele, head ECD trainer, addressing a Waterloo stakeholder meeting at the Domino Foundation GDT’s Early Childhood Development project is growing by leaps and bounds. We were recently asked to assist with the
