• Getting our greenhouse in order

    In Decembergreenhouse 2011 the world will again be watching South Africa, focused on an event that might be remembered far longer than the World Cup — the 17th meeting of the parties to the United Nation's climate convention. The hope of many is that the world may finally reach a just, legally binding and ambitious agreement on cutting carbon emissions — the agreement that Copenhagen failed to deliver. Putting aside whether that's likely, this means that an awful lot of attention is going to be focused on South Africa and raises the question — what example are we, as the hosts, going to be setting?

CSOs call Free Movement of people and regional integration

Civil society organizations (CSOs) gathered in Windhoek, Namibia from the 12th to 16th August 2010, for the 6th SADC Civil Society Forum and People’s Summit. Both events were well attended, with an estimated 350 participants attending the SAPSN People’s Summit. The Economic Justice Network (EJN) took part in both meetings and used the platform to launch its Photo Exhibition on Informal Cross Border Traders, which show cased eight informal traders that gave a photographic voice of their struggles during trade. The launch was a success and took place at the Heja Game Lodge in Windhoek. Rev. Maria Kapere, the General Secretary of the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) welcomed guests to Namibia and the launch.  EJN’s Executive Director, Rev. Malcolm Damon gave the opening remarks and introduced the four informal traders (Maggie Mhango, Chambata Dexes Chanza, Sudecar Novela and Felita Macanja) who attended the launch.

The civil society presence in Windhoek was acknowledged and this is further illustrated by the media coverage which both events had. There were three major issues being voiced by CSOs, these include; the status of regional integration, Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) as well as the Free Movement of people in the SADC region. Please read more for the news links below.
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Our Organisation

Our vision is to harness the resources of the southern African region for all of its people, with a view to bringing about economic justice through the transforming agency of Christians compelled by the gospel of Jesus Christ.  

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Our Fellowship

The Economic Justice Network is a project of FOCCISA, representing 11 National Christian Councils: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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