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Three generations together

DENISE Measures and her husband John have raised two children and until four years ago were looking forward to their own retirement. But today the couple, formerly of Nahoon, have moved in with their daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren in Cambridge, creating an extended family that new research shows is becoming more common among white families. To have one household is cheaper than having two households. It makes life easier when we combine and share resources, said Measures. Measures...

SOMALIA: Children from minority communities miss out on school

HARGEISA Friday, November 28, 2008 (IRIN) - Children in parts of Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland have never gone to school because their communities prefer they remain at home and learn petty trades, a local NGO said. The communities include the Gaboye, Midgan, Tumal and Yibro - most of whom lead reclusive lives and do not interact or inter-marry with other communities. They are mostly cobblers, blacksmiths and barbers. Abdillahi Hassan Digale, chairman of the Ubah Social...

Court asked to think of victim in child rapist’s sentence

By ADRIENNE CARLISLE SOCIETY suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of young men who routinely chose young children as victims of their thoughtless, cruel and self-serving violence, the Grahamstown High Court heard yesterday State advocate Nickie Turner yesterday called for a sentence of 20 years imprisonment for 18- year-old Vuyo Kotso, who pleaded guilty to raping a tiny six-year-old girl in Nompumelelo informal settlement in Beacon Bay last year. The little girl and her friends had been...

Protest delays teenagers’ bail bid

THREE Port Alfred teenagers accused of abducting and murdering a five-year-old boy last week appeared briefly in the local magistrates court yesterday. Outside, a large crowd of women and children protested . A planned bail application by attorneys representing the 14, 15 and 16-year-old Station Hill youths who were friends of victim Rayno Ruiters was postponed to today. The youths, watched by their families, appeared briefly before magistrate Walter le Grange. Standing outside the court...

Abandoned little angels

The number of infants, mostly boys, abandoned at Kenyatta National Hospital is a major concern. The Children Act, 2001, outlaws adoption of boys by single women, the number of abandoned boys is higher than girls.

Priscilla Presley on serving humanities

Priscilla Presley is all about bringing “humanities” together. If she had not been an actress, she would have been involved in human rights in some way. She would have extended her services to “children care, animal rights, older people.”Presley was given an enthusiastic introduction. “Not just a talented actress,” said the moderator at a Cairo conference this week, Ms Presley is “also an important businesswoman with her signature perfume line, and also has a heart of gold.”“I have a lot to...

UGANDA: Children quit school as aid dries up

GULU Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Poor learning conditions and lack of food in primary schools have forced thousands of children out of class in northern Uganda over the past three months, local officials said. "The problem has been made worse as displaced primary schools relocate back to their original sites in villages when UN food aid support to primary schools has stopped," Robinson Obot, Gulu District education officer said. Some 11,123 children below 15 years of age, he said,...

CHAD: New polio cases threaten country, region and beyond

N'DJAMENA Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - The Chadian Health Ministry and the UN have launched a polio vaccination drive targeting half a million children in the west of the country, as new cases of the crippling and sometimes fatal disease continue to emerge. Despite previous vaccination campaigns, Chad has seen 27 cases of polio so far in 2008 -- including polio type 1, the most dangerous of the remaining serotypes -- up from 22 cases in 2007. The resurgence is due in part to poor...

SWAZILAND: Thembe Manana: "Even without HIV, life would be very hard"

MBABANE Wednesday, November 05, 2008 (IRIN) - Thembe Manana, 40, left her job as a domestic worker in South Africa and returned to her village in Swaziland 10 years ago to care for her mother and children. She talked to IRIN/PlusNews about her struggle with HIV and surviving in a country stricken by drought and poverty. "I was healthy when I came back to Swaziland. When I had my son the test showed I was HIV negative, but some years went by and my body developed pains; it was hard for me to...

SOUTH AFRICA: Foreigners (still) beware

CAPE TOWN Friday, November 21, 2008 (IRIN) - As Aunesi Omari and her children cowered in her room in Philippi, a low-income section of the South African city of Cape Town, in Western Cape Province, she heard the armed men outside shout: "We're going to kill you because you don't want to listen." Omari's crime was that she had returned to her home after being run out of the community in May, along with thousands of other foreigners. The men outside made their point by firing two shots into...