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World Cup for the Homeless

 Soccer skills

From 24 to 30 September, about 500 homeless people from all corners of the world will be showing their soccer skills at the Grand Parade. South Africa will host the 10-day Homeless World Cup for the first time. The Homeless World Cup started in Austria in 2003, and takes place every year. It was held in Scotland last year.  Organisations that work with homeless people, drug treatment centres and shelters, choose people from the age of 16 upwards to play in the tournament in these tournaments.

 ‘Big Issue’

FIGHTING POVERTY YOU CAN GET SOCIAL GRANTS WITHOUT OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

Government is committed to halving poverty by 2014. One way of achieving this is through its social grants programme. Social grants help people to get out of the poverty trap and to cope with the rising cost of living. But how do you apply for a grant if you don't have official identity documents? 
 
In the past, some people couldn't get social grants because they struggled to get identity documents or birth certificates. This often left them in a desperate situation and unable to feed their families. 
 

AVOID THE DEBT TRAP GROWING FOOD FOR THE FUTURE

Government is joining hands with different sectors of society to help lessen the effect of high food prices. One way of doing this is to encourage all South Africans to start growing food for the future. 
 
Government made a commitment to help fight high food prices at a two-day food conference in July. More than 5 000 people attended the conference. They represented government, civil society, non-government organisations, community-based groups, representatives of farmer unions, municipalities and the private sector. 
 

GOVERNMENTS POWERS IN ACTION - HOW OUR DEMOCRACY WORKS

HOW OUR DEMOCRACY WORKS
GOVERNMENT'S POWERS IN ACTION

South Africa is a constitutional democracy. This means the country is ruled in line with its Constitution by representatives elected by the people. The Constitution is the highest law of the land. All other laws and behaviour must be in keeping with the Constitution.

Three parts
The Constitution divides the powers of government into three parts:

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