SAHA Newsletter - December 2009

EVERYONE AT SAHA WISHES YOU, YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES A PEACEFUL FESTIVE SEASON AND A PROSPEROUS 2010. 

THE SAHA OFFICES WILL BE CLOSING ON FRIDAY 18 DECEMBER 2009 AND RE-OPENING ON MONDAY 4 JANUARY 2010.

POSTER: Silkscreened; Black, red and orange. Issued by the Johannesburg Democratic Action Committee (JODAC), End Conscription Campaign (ECC), Young Christian Students (YCS), Date unknown. Archived in SAHA Collection AL2446: 1005.

SAHA News

SAHA focuses on the 2009 UN International Migrants Day
18 December 2009
Commemorating the 2009 International Migrants Day, SAHA reconciles South Africa's own past with current issues of migrancy, refugeeism and xenophobia.
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New report: Untold Stories in South Africa
17 December 2009
A new report on copyright and documentary film-making in South Africa has been released.
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SAHA remembers the human rights struggles of the Namibian people
10 December 2009
On the 10th of December 2009, SAHA recounts the human rights struggles of the Namibian people on their road to freedom as they celebrate their own Human Rights Day.
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ODAC defends the rights of Whistleblowers
08 December 2009
ODAC is attempting to protect the rights of a shop steward, Mr Aphane, who was fired after alerting the Minister of Finance to serious financial irregularities within his Municipality. These actions significantly mark International Anti-Corruption Day, 9
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1 December 2009 is World AIDS Day
01 December 2009
'I am responsible, we are responsible, South Africa is taking responsibility'
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New SAHA collection

The Zackie Achmat, Jack Lewis and Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)  Political Papers (AL3165)
To mark World Aids Day 2009, SAHA has added a substantial new collection, donated by Jack Lewis and Zackie Achmat, to its holdings.
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