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Tribute to Pretty Dumazile Dlamini
TRIBUTE
Pretty Dumazile Dlamini
29 May 1968 - 30 December 2005
Ixopo Support Centre
CCJ Staff Members committed to their communities
Not only does CCJ provide access to justice for the communities it serves, its staff members also take it a step further by coordinating or involving themselves in volunteer programmes aimed at providing support.
Reality Check with FISANI NJOKWE
The Outreach Coordinators are the core of the CCJ Community Outreach Programme and regularly give feedback to the Head Office about their difficulties and triumphs.
Isabelle de Grandpré, CCJ Publications and Publicity Officer, speaks to FISANI NJOKWE, Taylor's Halt Outreach Support Centre Coordinator.
Helpful Resources at CCJ Resource Centre
WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN?
Antiretroviral roll-out in South Africa
(A discussion paper by the Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, August 2004)
Available at the Centre for Criminal Justice Resource Centre
Children Need our Protection & Support
MANY OF THE problems children in South Africa are facing, are due to the HIV/Aids epidemic. Children are being orphaned and with no one to look after them, they are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.
CCJ Publications & Publicity Officer, Isabelle de Grandpré, offers some ideas for people who want to make a difference.
CCJ Mentors Lusikisiki Advice Centre: CCJ Outreach a Hit
In recent years, the CCJ has become involved in mentoring a few paralegal advice centres. Some of these advice centres are referred specifically to CCJ by funders, whilst others approach CCJ independently. This is all due to CCJ’s growing image as an organization that leads in the paralegal and outreach field.
Reality Check with SIBONGILE MCHUNU
The Outreach Coordinators are the core of the CCJ Community Outreach Programme and regularly give feedback to the Head Office about their difficulties and triumphs.
Isabelle de Grandpré, CCJ Publications and Publicity Officer, speaks to SIBONGILE MCHUNU, Glencoe Outreach Support Centre Coordinator.
Turning a Blind Eye Cannot Continue
Children and their innocence are to be cherished. Society cannot continue to turn a blind eye because they aren’t directly affected by a child in need. If we loose our children, we have no future. NONHLANHLA NDLELA, one of the Coordinators from the Ixopo Outreach Support Centre, reflects briefly on a recent experience.
You Could be the Victim of Marriage Fraud
The Publications & Publicity Unit regularly provide the Community Outreach Centre Coordinators with information that can be used during workshops and presentations. This information is sourced from the mainstream media but is reworked in such a way that makes it relevant and user-friendly for our staff.
Foreign Student Inspired by CCJ Outreach Work
As a German law student specialising in human rights, ANGELIKA PIECHULEK recently spent three exciting months learning what she could at the Centre for Criminal Justice.
CCJ Establishes Publications & Publicity Unit: Materials development a priority
For any education programme to be successful, it has to be backed up by materials that are interesting yet informative. The Centre for Criminal Justice has always recognised this and has therefore produced, amongst others, its Legal Series as well as flyers and posters in English and Zulu.
Upgrade Of CCJ Resource Centre
DURING THE PAST two months, CCJ Publications & Publicity Officer, Isabelle de Grandpré, has been regularly visiting the Head Office to revamp the Resource Centre. So, after years of trying to be user-friendly, it is finally well on the road to being first class.
CCJ To Feature At “First Universal Forum on Cultures”
THE CENTRE for Criminal Justice's Community Outreach Programme : Access to Justice for Women and Children has been selected to be exhibited at the “First Universal Forum on Cultures” to be held in Barcelona, Spain from May to September 2004.
Participation In Community Development: Lucky Reaches out to People in Need
CCJ PARALEGAL Lucky Mkhize takes her role in the community very seriously. She is known in the area, as are all CCJ Outreach Co-ordinators, for helping others in their time of need.