17 October 2006
You are invited to Africa Human Rights Day celebrations at the QwaQwa
University Campus Hall on Saturday, 21 October 2006, at 10h00.
The Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) Rights Commission,
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), Commission on Gender Equality
(CGE), South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the United Nations
Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (UNOHCHR) will commemorate and
celebrate Africa Human Rights Day this year with the people of the Thabo
Mofutsanyana District Municipality in QwaQwa in the Free State province.
The theme for the celebrations is "Challenges of Language and Fundamental
Human Rights in Africa".
Details:
Date: Saturday, 21 October 2006
Time: 09h00 â 16h00
Venue: QwaQwa University Campus Hall, Kestell Road, Phuthaditjhaba
Draft programme
The Africa Human Rights Day commemoration
(Challenges of Language and Fundamental Human Rights in Africa)
21 October 2006
Program Director: Dr Shihaka Tsemo - UNOCHR
09h00 - 10h00: Arrival and registration
10h00 - 10h30: Opening, welcome and historical background, Dr M Guma -
Chairperson of the CRL Rights Commission: The right to language
10h35 - 10h50: Advocate P Tlakula - Africa Commission for Human and Peoples
Rights: The right of language in Africa
10h55 - 11h10: Poetry artist
11h15 - 11h40: Mrs J Seroke - Chairperson of Gender Commission: The right to
mother-tongue language
11h45 - 12h15: Mr J Kollopen - South Africa Human Rights Commission: Language
rights as human rights
12h20 - 12h30: Performing artist: African music
12h30 - 13h00: Ms Thoko Mpumlwana - Deputy Chairperson IEC: Language rights as
a right to vote
13h00 - 13h45: Lunch
13h45 - 14h00: Poetry artist
14h00 - 14h20: Speaker
14h00 - 15h00: Performances
14h00 - 15h15: Speaker
15h50 - 16h00: Vote of thanks, Mrs Pumla Madiba - CRL Rights Commission
Enquiries:
Advocate Graig Philander
Tel: (011) 339 1775
Cell: 082 88 237 23
Issued by: Independent Electoral Commission
17 October 2006
