By Brenda Zulu
The Southern Africa Social Forum (SASF) News is a newspaper produced during the social forum in the Southern Africa sub-region.
The Southern African Social Forum (SASF) is a continuation of the Africa Social Forum (ASF) that takes place annually, since Bamako (2002), as a prelude to the World Social Forum (WSF) that was initiated in Porto Alegre (Brazil) in 2001. The latter is an annual event that is deliberately organized to coincide with the World Economic Forum (Davos). The timing is meant to signify civil society opposition voices to the high level one-sided deliberations between the world leaders and international financial institutions.
Following the Bamako Forum and the Addis Ababa Forum, a process of consultations have taken place around Africa to find a way of effectively exposing the current social, political and economic injustices for better government and state action. A forum creates a platform for various interest groups of civil society to discuss issues together pertaining to social, political and economic justice. In addition, a forum increases solidarity in the sub-region and Africa as a whole before going to the global forum, in this case, in preparation for the next World Social Forum to be held in, …January 2004 Mumbai, India.
The need to host a Southern African Social Forum (SASF) arose from the second African Social Forum held in Addis Ababa, 5-9 January 2003. Participants resolved to establish sub-regional forums as a way of getting diverse views on Africa’s socio-economic and political issues from a wider constituency prior to Africa Social Forum (ASF) and World Social Forum (WSF). Each sub-region was designated to form its own Steering Committee of at least five persons. Six persons that represented mass movements in their constituencies were selected as members of the Southern Africa Regional Steering Committee (SARSC).
Why host a Sub-Regional Forum?
The Southern African Social Forum (SASF) is intended to be an annual platform aimed at providing space for consolidating civil society perspectives on the sub-region’s burning socio-economic, political and cultural issues prior to the African Social Forum (ASF).
The Southern African Social Forum (SASF) will take stock of various political, economic, legal and social developments of the sub-region and devise means by which governments and civil societies tackle these issues for a better Africa.
The Southern Africa Social Forum (SASF) News is a newspaper produced during the social forum in the Southern Africa sub-region.
The Southern African Social Forum (SASF) is a continuation of the Africa Social Forum (ASF) that takes place annually, since Bamako (2002), as a prelude to the World Social Forum (WSF) that was initiated in Porto Alegre (Brazil) in 2001. The latter is an annual event that is deliberately organized to coincide with the World Economic Forum (Davos). The timing is meant to signify civil society opposition voices to the high level one-sided deliberations between the world leaders and international financial institutions.
Following the Bamako Forum and the Addis Ababa Forum, a process of consultations have taken place around Africa to find a way of effectively exposing the current social, political and economic injustices for better government and state action. A forum creates a platform for various interest groups of civil society to discuss issues together pertaining to social, political and economic justice. In addition, a forum increases solidarity in the sub-region and Africa as a whole before going to the global forum, in this case, in preparation for the next World Social Forum to be held in, …January 2004 Mumbai, India.
The need to host a Southern African Social Forum (SASF) arose from the second African Social Forum held in Addis Ababa, 5-9 January 2003. Participants resolved to establish sub-regional forums as a way of getting diverse views on Africa’s socio-economic and political issues from a wider constituency prior to Africa Social Forum (ASF) and World Social Forum (WSF). Each sub-region was designated to form its own Steering Committee of at least five persons. Six persons that represented mass movements in their constituencies were selected as members of the Southern Africa Regional Steering Committee (SARSC).
Why host a Sub-Regional Forum?
The Southern African Social Forum (SASF) is intended to be an annual platform aimed at providing space for consolidating civil society perspectives on the sub-region’s burning socio-economic, political and cultural issues prior to the African Social Forum (ASF).
The Southern African Social Forum (SASF) will take stock of various political, economic, legal and social developments of the sub-region and devise means by which governments and civil societies tackle these issues for a better Africa.
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