Provincial Departmental Activities For Youth Month (June 2005) (1

Provincial Departmental Activities For Youth Month (June 2005)

DATE:

1 - 30 June 2005

CATEGORY:

Focus Day/Week/Month

LOCATION:

Western Cape, South Africa

DESCRIPTION:

The 16th of June is National Youth Day (previously known as Soweto Day). This public holiday recognises the important role that youth have played in South Africa's past and their central importance in her future.

Background - Youth Day
Youth Development Month (External Link)
Western Cape Programme of Events
National Programme of Events (External Link)

BACKGROUND

In 1975 protests started in African schools after a directive from the previous Bantu Education Department that Afrikaans had to be used on an equal basis with English as a language of instruction in secondary schools. The issue however, was not so much the Afrikaans as the whole system of Bantu education which was characterised by separate schools and universities, poor facilities, overcrowded classrooms and inadequately trained teachers. On 16 June 1976 more than 20 000 pupils from Soweto began a protest march. In the wake of clashes with the police, and the violence that ensued during the next few weeks, approximately 700 hundred people, many of them youths, were killed and property destroyed. Youth Day commemorates these events.

WESTERN CAPE PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

TENTATIVE DATES	DEPT	EVENT	PLACE	PARTNERS	SIZE OF EVENT
1-5	Health	Paraffin Safety Week	Red Cross	Paraffin Safety Association Child Accident Fund Community Safety	Weeklong
1-30	Health	Prevention of Child Abuse Exhibition at -School Safety Watch the Child ( Road safety is no accident)	Red Cross	City Transport Social Services WCED community
1	Social Services	International Children’s Day	Good Hope Centre	City WCED	1000
2 & 3	Local Govt and Housing	Localising Youth development in Municipalities of the Western Cape	Cape Town
1	Community Safety	Roadshow running from one school to the other where where prominent people in a topless bus will be interacting with the learners	4 schools in Manenberg 1 school in Langa 1 school in Athlone	SAPS Learners Community Safety	3000 learners
2	Community Safety	Sports day for homeless children in a rural area. Prison tour and Imbizo with the Deputy Minister of Safety and Security, Ms S Shabangu	Groot Drakenstein Prison	SAPS Correctional Services Learners Community Safety	350 homeless children
3	Community Safety	Roadshow running from one school to the other where where prominent people in a topless bus will be interacting with the learners	Elsies River Parow Bishop Lavis Bellville South Kuils River Kraaifomtein	SAPS Learners Community Safety	3000 learners
4	DCAS	Certificate Ceremony Nama Language Workshop	Pletetnberg Bay	Various people from Mitchells Plain, Oudtshoorn, Great Brak, Montagu, Knysna, Kranshoek	100 youth
5	Community Safety	A church service involving homeless children	Light House Christian Centre in Parow	SAPS Homeless children Church Community Safety	350 learners
6	Community Safety	Launch of the Back To School Campaign where a delegation from different stakeholders will conduct a door to door research in the area. A design questionnaire will be used to find out whether there are any children out of school and reasons for not attending schools	Manenberg	SAPS Community Safety Social Services & Poverty Alleviation Education Women’s network	Target whole community
9-10	Economic Development & Tourism	Youth in the Economy workshops	Cape Town	City CTRU	All Youth
10	Community Safety Health	Introduce the community to the programmes offered by the volunteers, which will enhance the support services to the community. Wall Chart for Child Protection month	Sedgefield To appear in the Argus (advertising campaign)	CPF Community Safety SAPS Dept of Community Safety PASASA Arrive Alive Dept of Social Services	100 youth
11 - 15	Community Safety	Celebrate achievements that youth has made. Train young people in various skills.	Atlantis	Atlantis School of Skills Community Safety Youth organizations	200 youth
11	Community Safety	Sensitize school children and parents about crime, drugs and other drug related crimes. To make communities safe.	Goodwood	CPF Community Safety Parents Children SAPS	100 youth
13-19	Health	Prevention of child abuse workshop	Metro	Dept of Social Services
13	Community Safety	Create awareness against sexuality, HIV/AIDS, teenage pregnancy	Klein Drakenstein	CPF Community Safety SAPS Youth	100 youth
13	Community Safety	Create awareness against crime, drugs and alcohol abuse.	Groot Drakenstein	CPF Community Safety Youth Leaders Against Crime SAPS	25 youth
14	DCAS	Literature “Celebrating South African Authors”	Mew Way
14	Community Safety	Make youth and community aware of the dangers of drugs and the usage. To minimize the attraction of drugs such as tik. Say No To Drug March.	Grassy Park	CPF Community Safety SAPS Youth	300 youth
14	Community Safety	Chrysalis is celebrating its fifth year anniversary and its evolution as a leading institution towards youth empowerment. June 16 will be used to celebrate its achievements and contributions towards socio-economic youth empowerment.	Tokai	Community Safety Youth from 7 urban areas	2500 youth
14	Transport & Public Works	Donation drive for street children of Beaufort West	Beaufort West	Economic Affairs & Tourism Local Govt & Housing	Street children1
15	Community Safety	Commemorate and celebrate the contribution of young people to transform the country. Create an awareness and education about the needs about the rights of children.	Molo Songolo Youth Indaba (16 June 05)	Molo Songolo Community Safety Youth	500 youth
16	Health	Child Safety Month programme Anti-bullying: Walter Teka Primary School-for communities around	Gugulethu and Nyanga. (5 schools involved)	Dept of Education Children’s Resources Centre	3000 youth
16	Province & City	Youth Day Celebration Youth imbizo,sport, art and culture programme.	Velodrome Bellville	Provincial Dept City SAYC	7000 youth
16	Social Services	Drug Awareness ,early school leaving and parental relationships	Oudtshoorn	DCAS	500 youth
16	Social Services	Youth volunteerism Operation clean up	Worcestor	Correctional Services SAPS	300 youth
16	OSW	Student Imbizo	University Of Western Cape School of Government 16 June 2005 9am – 16.30pm For further detail contact: Joachim Jacobs 021 959 3091 or 021 959 2648 Rodney Fortuin 021 448 8238 or 082 940 3758	Men as Partners Office on the Status of Women
16	DCAS	Youth Day Celebrations	Bitterfontein Koekenaap Ebenezer St Helena Bay
16	WCED	Youth Breakfast “Remembering 76”	Kuils River EMDC	DCAS	400 learners
17	Social Services	Drug Awareness Debate	Morester Secondary School Oudtshoorn	SAPS WCED	600 youth
18	Community Safety	Make youth aware of the danger of crime, drugs and alcohol abuse.	Saldanha	CPF Community Safety SAPS Youth	200 youth
18	Community Safety	Focus on the problems facing youth like crime, drugs and alcohol abuse.	Greater Veldrift	CPF Community Safety SAPS Youth	200 youth
18	Community Safety	Youth Day celebration. The focus will be on youth from areas in Overberg. Theme drug awareness and sports.	Bredasdorp	Overberg District Youth Council Youth from areas: Bredasdorp, Napier, Struisbaai, Waenshuiskrans and Elim.	1000 youth
19	Community Safety	Youth against crime and drugs.	Mfuleni	CPF Youth Committee Community Safety SAPS	500 youth
20-24	Health	Child safety competition	Red Cross Hospital	Social Services
20-26	Social Services	Road safety exhibit	Groote Schuur Hospital	CAPSA
25	Community Safety	Create awareness against crime, drugs and alcohol abuse between schools, sport organizations, churches.	Saron	CPF Community Safety Youth SAPS	100 youth
25	Community Safety	Build self-esteem, confidence and encourage discipline amongst the youth.	Grassy Park	CPF Community Safety Youth SAPS	200 youth
25	Community Safety	Youth against drugs through active sports engagements and other extra-mural activities	Leeu-Gamka	CPF Youth Community Safety SAPS	200 youth
26	Social Services	World Anti Drug Day	Worcestor Boland Witzenberg	SAPS Correctional Services	All Youth
27-30	Social Services	Safety exhibit	Red Cross Hospital	Dept Health
28	Culture & Sport	“Race against Tik”theatre production	Joseph Stone	WCED Community Safety	Learners in schools

CONTACT:

For more information, please contact:Kelvin Katz
Tel: 021 483 2977
kkatz@pgwc.gov.za

EVENT HOST / OWNER:

Department of Cultural Affairs & Sport (Provincial Government of the Western Cape)
Department of Community Safety (Provincial Government of the Western Cape)
Department of Health (Provincial Government of the Western Cape)
Western Cape Education Department (Provincial Government of the Western Cape)
Department of Social Development (Provincial Government of the Western Cape)
Department of Local Government (Provincial Government of the Western Cape)
Department of Economic Development and Tourism (Provincial Government of the Western Cape)
Department of Transport and Public Works (Provincial Government of the Western Cape)
City of Cape Town

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